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THE    ARMS    OF    MAJOR    SAMUEL    EELLS    OF    HINGHAM,    MASS. 
AFFIXED    TO    HIS    WILL,    DATED    AUGUST   I,   1705. 


The  Eells  Family 


OF 

DORCHESTER,  MASSACHUSETTS 

IN  THE  LINE  OF 

NATHANIEL    EELLS 

OF 

MIDDLETOWN,  CONNECTICUT 
1633-1821 

WITH  NOTES  ON  THE 

LENTHALL    FAMILY 


COMPILED   BY 

FRANK  FARNSWORTH  STARR 

FOR 

JAMES  J.  GOODWIN 


HARTFORD,  CONN. 
1903 


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Copyright,   1903,  by 
James  Junius  Goodwin. 


THE    TUTTLE,    MOREHOUSE    4    TAYLOR    PRESS 
NEW    HAVEN,    CONN. 


PREFACE. 


This  monograph  on  the  Bells  family  is  the  result  of  a 
lengthy  search.  Many  years  since,  Rev.  Willianf  W.  Bells, 
of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  made  a  studj^  of  the  family  in 
America,  and  after  his  death,  the  work  was  continued  by 
his  brother.  Rev.  Bdward  Bells,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 
Mr.  William  B.  Abbott,  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  also  made 
an  investigation  concerning  the  later  generations.  The 
compiler  of  this  work  has  had  the  benefit  of  the  results  of 
their  researches,  which  he  has  compared  with  the  original 
records,  enlarging  thereon,  and  making  further  investiga- 
tions. 

The  Bnglish  portion  of  the  work  is  the  result  of  the 
labors  of  that  energetic  and  successful  antiquary,  Mr. 
lyOthrop  Withington  of  lyondon.  In  this  part  are  "  Bx- 
tracts  from  Parish  Registers,"  "  Abstracts  of  Wills  and 
Administrations, "  "  Close  Rolls, "  "  Chancery  Proceedings, 
Bills  and  Answers."  and  "  Subsidy  Rolls." 

The  Coat  of  Arms  which  forms  the  frontispiece  to  this 
work  is  the  same  as  that  on  the  seal  which  Major  Samuel 
Bells,  of  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  affixed  to  his  will, 
August  I,  1705.  This  design  is  found  at  the  College  of 
Arms,  London,  on  an  "Ordinary  of  Arms,"  made  by 
Robert  Glover,  Somerset  Herald,  from  1571  to  1588. 
There  is  nothing  on  the  roll  to  indicate  where  the  design 
was  obtained  nor  when  or  to  whom  it  was  granted. 


IV 

The  portrait  of  Major  Eells  is  taken  from  a  painting 
which  has  come  down  through  various  branches  of  the 
family,  and  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  family  of  Rev. 
William  W.  Eells,  of  Pittsburgh.  The  name  of  the  artist 
and  date  are  unknown. 

To  the  many  persons  who  have  aided  the  compiler  in  his 
labors  he  returns  his  sincere  thanks. 

FRANK  FARNSWORTH  STARR. 

MiDDLETowN,  Connecticut, 
November,  1903. 


CONTENTS. 


Page. 

The  EeivIvS  Family  in  England, 

Abstracts  of  Parish  Registers,          ....  i 

Abstracts  of  Wills  and  Administrations,             .           .  4 

Close  Rolls,        .......  49 

Chancery  Proceedings,           .....  65 

Subsidy  Rolls,    .......  93 

The  Eells  Family  in  America,  ...        95 

The  Eenthall  Family, 173 

Index  to  English  Notes,    .        .        .        .        .       193 
Index  to  American  Notes,         .        .        .         .211 


THE  EELLS  FAMILY  IN  ENGLAND 


A  lengthy  search  of  various  records  in  England  has  failed 
to  reveal  anything  by  which  the  ancestry  of  John  Eells, 
of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  can  be  proven. 

That  any  one  wishing  to  make  further  investigations  may 
have  the  benefit  of  the  work  already  done,  the  results 
thereof  are  here  given. 


PARISH   REGISTER  EXTRACTS. 

DEVONSHIRE. 

1605,  Jan'y         9,  Richard  Wooton  &  Joan  Eles  married, 

Buckfastleigh. 
1627,  Sept.         10,  John  Symons  &  Xiana  Eyles  married, 

Buckfastleigh. 
1630-31,  Jan'y  23,  Thomas  Toope  &  Joan  Eyles  married, 

Buckfastleigh. 
1622,  Sept.         16,  Thomas,  son  of  Edmund  Eales,  clerk, 

buried,  Plympton,  St.  Mary. 
1690,  Dec.  9,  Edward  Eales,  widower  of  Staverton  & 

Anne    Edgcombe    of     Totnes,    wid., 

married. 
1626,  Feb.  2,  Mary  daughter  of  John  Eales  baptized, 

Barnstaple. 

1630,  May  2,  Mary  daughter  of  John  Eeles  baptized, 

Barnstable. 

1 63 1,  Sept.  7,  Elizabeth  daughter  of  John  Eales  bap- 

tized, Barnstable. 
1635,  June         28,  Thomas  son  of  Nicholas  Eales  baptized, 
Barnstable. 


2  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS   FAMILY. 

1638,  Aug.         19,  Robert  son   of  Robert  Kales  baptized, 
Barnstable. 

1638,  Aug.         26,   Mary  daughter  of  Nicholas  Bales  bap- 
tized, Barnstable. 

1641,  June         29,  Robert  son  of  Nicholas  Bales  baptized, 
Barnstable. 
Pilton  Register  examined.     No  Bells  entries. 

LONDON. 

St.  Stephen's  Church,  Coleman  Street. 

1600,  Jan'y     28,  Bdward  Blse  sonne  of  Robert  Blse  above 

baptized. 

1 601,  May      24,  James  Byles  sonne  of  James  Byles  bap- 

tized. 

1602,  July      23,  Bdward    Bales    vSonne    of   James    Bales 

beneath  baptized. 

1603,  Nov.     26,  John   Eles  sonne  of  John  Eles   beneath 

baptized. 

1608,  May      10,  Katherine  Byles  daughter  of  John  Byles 

baptized. 

1609,  Oct.         7,  James  Byles  sonne  of  James  Byles  Robin 

Hood  Courte  baptized. 
1628,  Jan'y      3,  Robert  Bales  and  Sara  Web  married. 

St.  Botolph's,  Aldgate. 

1 61 8,  April  7,  John  Bles  and  Katharine  Cove  both  of 
our  parish  married. 

161 8,  March  19,  Katharine  Beles  dau  of  John  Beles  gun- 
smith and  Katharine  baptized. 

1620,  Sept.  17,  Blizabeth  Beles  dau  of  John  Beles  gun- 
smith and  Katharine  baptized. 

1622,  Sept.  II,  John  Beles  sonne  of  John  Beles  gun- 
smith &  Katharine  baptized. 

1627,  Sept.  30,  John  Beles  sonne  of  John  Beles  gun- 
smith, Memories,  &  Bridget  baptized. 


PARISH  REGISTER   EXTRACTS.  3 

1629,  May  31,  Margaret  Eeles  dau  of  John  Eeles  gun- 
smith, Mynories,  &  Bridget  baptized. 

1621,  Aug.  4,  Alice  Eeles  dau  of  John  Eeles  gunsmith 
buried. 

St.  Margaret's,  Westminster. 
1619,  Oct.       20,  Thomas  Eales  son  of  John  Eales  baptized. 
1621,  Jan'y      9,  Edmond   Sellwood   and    Elizabeth   Eiles 
married. 


ABSTRACTS  OF  WILLS  AND  ADMINISTRATIONS. 

PREROGATIVE  COURT  OF  CANTERBURY. 

This  Court  had  jurisdiction  over  the  estates  of  all  per- 
sons dying  within  the  province  of  Canterbury,  who  had 
property  to  the  amount  of  five  pounds  in  some  diocese  of 
the  province  other  than  that  in  which  the  decedent  resided. 
Consequently  the  abstracts  from  the  records  of  this  Court 
show  persons  of  the  Bells  name  residing  in  several  coun- 
ties. 

Will  of  Anthony  Eles,  Eburye,  parish  of  St.  Martins  in 
the  Fields,  Middlesex,  yeoman,  dated  7  November  1576. 
To  daughters  Alice  Eles  and  Agnes  Eles  all  leases  of 
houses  and  farm  in  Ebury,  Wife  Agnes  to  hold  for  life  etc. 
To  daughters  100  marks  each.  Brother  William  Eles. 
Alee  Glover  to  have  keeping  of  chest  writings.  Jasper, 
William,  and  Alice,  children  of  Brother  Richard  Eles,  sister 
Ursula  Godhelpes's  son  James  and  Thomas  Godhelpes, 
ditto.  Sister  Mary  Wicker  and  her  two  children.  Proved 
25  January  1576-7. 
Prerogative  Court   of   Canterbury,    Register  Daughtry, 

folio  3. 

Will  of  William  Eeles  of  Northmymms,  Co.  Hertford, 
yeoman,  dated  4  July  1580.  To  be  buried  in  Churchyard 
of  Northmymms.  To  Roger  Eles  my  son  tenement  etc., 
in  Wilsdon  in  Co.  Midd.  Daughter  Anne  Eles  (unmarried). 
To  Wife  Alyce  and  son  John  farm  called  Boltons.  Residu- 
ary legatee  and  executrix  wife  Alyce.  Overseer  son  John. 
Witnesses  Henrie  Peacham,  Robt.  Maho,  Thelder,  Willm 
Brickley. 

2  Sept.  1580  Commission  to  John  the  son,  Alice  the  relict 
renouncing. 
Prerogative    Court  of   Canterbury,    Register    Arundell, 

folio  33. 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  ^ 

Will  of  William  Eeles,  servant  to  Wo.  Thos.  Forde, 
Esq.,  dated  29  May  1592.  Father  Thomas  Eeles.  Daugh- 
ter Elizabeth  Eeles.  Executors  said  Mr.  Thomas  Forde 
Esq.,  and  father  Thomas  Eeles.  If  daughter  die  all  to 
brother  Philip  Eels  the  witness.  Proved  10  June  1592. 
Prerogative  Court  of    Canterbury,    Register   Harrington, 

folio  55. 

Will  of  John  Eeles,  Northmymes,  Co.  Herts.,  yeoman, 
dated  27  December  1592.  To  son  John  lease  of  Boltons  at 
21,  Wife  Agnes  to  enjoy  said  farm  of  Boltons  till  John  is 
21,  to  bringing  up  all  my  children.  To  John  my  other 
lease  in  reversion  of  Boltons.  If  John  die,  said  lease  of 
Boltons  and  other  lease  in  reversion  to  child  wife  now 
goeth  with  if  a  son,  or  if  a  daughter  said  leases  to  all  my 
daughters.  If  said  children  die,  to  my  brother  Roger  Eeles, 
&c.  Three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Susan  and  Anne  at  18. 
Ditto  to  child  wife  goeth  with  if  a  daughter.  To  son 
John  lease  of  South  My mmes  parsonage  at  2 1 .  To  poor  of 
Northmymmes  3  s.  4  d.  Rest  to  wife  Agnes  executrix, 
she  giving  ^300  bond  to  overseers,  friend  Mr.  Eustace 
Grubbe,  brother  Roger  Eeles,  and  brother-in-law  Thomas 
Searnige.  Witnesses  Henry  Peacham  the  writer,  Thomas 
Adams,  John  Robardes,  John  Parratt,  John  Street.  Proved 
13  March  1592-3. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Nevell,  folio  15. 

Will  of  Giles  Aells  of  parish  of  St.  Andrewes  Under- 
shaft,  within  the  city  of  London,  Merchant  stranger,  dated 
Sept.  5  1603,  I  James.  To  poor  of  Dutch  church  in  said 
city  and  to  the  elders  of  said  church.  Poor  of  St.  Andrews 
Undershaft.  Cousin  Trisca  Parmatice  of  Sandwich.  Poor 
of  Dutch  church  in  Sandwich.  Friend  Josias  Bayarde. 
Servants  to  friend  John  Bayard  thelder  of  Amsterdam,  Mer- 
chant. Brother-in-law  John  Braunce.  Cousin  Daniell  Van 
Hargo  of  Sandwich  merchant.  Wife  Marye  Aeles.  Son 
Peter  Aeles.  To  Daniell  Braunce  and  friend  Peter  Bayard. 
Children  of  my  said  son  Peter  and  Anne  BoUy,  my  daugh- 


6  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMII.Y. 

ter,  wife  of  George  Bolly.  Executors  the  said  John  Bayard 
the  elder,  Daniell  Van  Hargoe,  Daniell  Braunce  and  John 
Braunce. 

To  Cousin  Jockmy  Lawkers  of  Sandwich  Z^^.  Witnesses 
William  Jones  Scr. ,  Margarete  de  ffreney.  Proved  i  Dec. 
1603  by  ffrancis  Walleis  Notary  Public  for  Daniell  Braunce 
one  of  the  executors.  Power  being  reserved  to  the  other 
executors. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Bolein,  folio  105. 

23  July  1604,  Administration  to  Margaret  relict  of  Thomas 
Bales  late  of  the  parish  of  St.   Olaves,  Southwark,  Co., 
Surrey,  dec'd  &c. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Admon.  Act  Book,  1604. 

Will  of  Joane  Eyles,  Felpham,  Co.  Sussex,  dated 


Mr.  Richardes,  Margery  Richardes,  Mary  Eyles,  Joan  Abias, 
Joan  Abias' s  daughter,  Thomas  (?)  Abias.  Richard 
Washer,  executor.  Witnesses  Thomas  Morrys,  Thomas 
Leedes.     Proved  3  January  1605-6. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Stafforde, 
folio  3. 

Will  of  William  Childe  of  the  parish  of  Northmymmes, 
Co.  Hertford,  yeoman,  dated  15  Nov.  1606.  My  body  to 
be  buried  in  the  parish  Church  of  Northmymmes.  Raphe 
Childe  my  son  at  21.  To  my  three  daughters.  Constant, 
Marye,  and  Elizabeth  Childe  at  18,  Son-in-law  John 
Bales.  His  three  sisters  Bliz,  Suzan  and  Anne  Bales. 
My  two  servants  John  Wetherall  and  Thos.  Morse.  Ben- 
nett Pilgram  and  my  other  boy  Kytt.  William  Wayte  of 
Easonden.  The  poor  of  Northmymmes.  My  three  brothers 
Henry,  Arnold  and  Thomas  Childe.  My  sister  Mary 
Weekes.  Mr,  Bowman  preacher.  Residuary  legatee  and 
executrix  Wife  Agnes.  Overseers  Sir  Raphe  Coningsbye, 
Knt.  and  Thomas  Marche  of  Darkes  in  the  parish  of 
Southmymmes,  Esq.  Witnesses  Thomas  Morse,  John 
Wetherheade  and  W.   Wayte  ser.     24  Jan'y.  1606-7  com- 


WILLS   AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  7 

mission   to    Arnold   Childe    brother   of    deceased,    Agnes 
Cliilde  relict  &c.  renouncing. 
Prerogative   Court  of  Canterbury,   Register  Hudleston, 

folio  3. 

Will  of  John  Eyle  dated  August  20  1607.  Being  to 
undertake  a  voyage  into  the  straits  &c.  before  my  depart- 
ure from  London.  Brother  Nathaniell  Eyle  ;^6o  after  the 
arrival  of  the  Angell  and  Pearl  in  London,  in  which  two 
shippes  my  adventure  at  going  hath  (devised  (?))  viz:  ^55 
on  the  Andrew,  Mr.  Andrew  Shilling.  /90  on  the  Pearle, 
Mr.  Thomas  Best.  Sister  Margaret  Parr  for  her  children. 
Sister  Emma  Truman.  Cousin  Richard  Phipps.  Ellinor 
Chester  my  fellow  in  house.  All  my  sisters.  Loving 
master  Mr.  Hugh  Hamersley.  Proved  2  November  1608. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Windebancke, 

folio  99. 

Will  of  William  Eells,  Aldenham,  Co.  Hertford,  yeoman, 
dated  Maye  25  161 5.  To  be  buried  in  Aldenham  church. 
Kinsman  William  Eells  of  Harrowe  on  the  hill.  Three 
daughters  of  my  sister  Agnes  Paynter.  Son-in-law  John 
Nycoll  and  Susan  his  wife.  Richard  Nycoll,  brother  of 
John  Nycoll.  Son-in-law  Thomas  Briscoe  and  his  wife. 
Daughter-in-law  Jone  Ewer.  Daughter-in-law  Elizabeth 
Fearne.  Son-in-law  John  Briscoe  of  London,  draper.  John 
Eeles  of  Harrow  on  hill.  Ann  Woller.  Elizabeth  Wrench. 
John  Eeles  of  Aldenham  all  goods  in  my  house  in  Alden- 
ham repaying  to  Edward  Morse,  son  of  John  Eeles  sister, 
;^ioo.  Margaret  Taylor  widow.  Wife  Frisidfide  execu- 
trix. Overseers  Richard  Briscoe,  gent.,  and  Thomas  Bris- 
coe. Proved  ult.  June  161 5. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Rudd,  folio  60. 

Will  of  John  Yeeles  dated  3  October  1614.     Eldest  Son 

John  Yeeles.     Son  William,  my  wife .     Youngest  son 

Henery.   Daughter  Margerie  at  marriage  or  21.  To  Francis 
Turner  my  dau.  on  condition  that  my  son-in-law  Mihell 


8  THE  JOHN  EEIvLS   FAMILY. 

Turner  do  deliver  to  my  executrix  to  save  her  harmless 
from  a  bond  which  I  stand  bound  with  my  son-in-law  as 
concerning  of  one  Turner.  Son  Gabriell  and  Henry  at  21. 
Sister  Cestion  Winch.  The  poor  of  Wargrave.  Wife  resi- 
duary legatee  and  executrix.  Overseers  Wm.  Thackam, 
Francis  Wright,  Francis  Web  and  Raphe  Willikes.  Wit- 
nesses William  Thackham,  Francis  Wright,  Fra.  Web, 
Raphe  Wilkes.  Proved  3  June  161 5  by  Margerie  relict. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Rudd,  folio  63. 

Will  of  William  Eyles  of  Sudburie  in  Co.  Middlesex,  yeo- 
man, dated  16  Sept.,  13  James  I.  To  be  buried  in  Harrow 
churchyard.  Son  hyon  Eyles.  Daughter  Ann  Eyles. 
Elizabeth  Bateman  daughter  of  Richard  Bateman  ^10  to  be 
paid  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  William  Page  of  Sudburie,  gent. 
for  the  use  of  the  said  Elizabeth.  Ann  Huswiche.  Son 
Lyon  Eyles  and  neighbor  Redcliffe  Page  executors.  Wit- 
ness Alexander  Bradle)^,  William  Hurde.  Proved  1 1  Oct. 
1615. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Rudd,  folio  91. 

Will  of  John  Eeles  of  Sudbury,  parish  of  Harrow  upon 
the  Hill,  Co.  Middlesex,  yeoman,  dated  15  August  1615. 
Servant  Agnes  Hussy  als  Reade.  Residue  to  Brother 
William  Eeles  he  to  be  executor.  Witnesses  William  Dod- 
desley  and  William  Page. 

Memorandum.     There  is  ^10  due  to  me  by  bond  from 
William  Symonds.     Sister  Mary  Eeles.     Brother  William 
Eeles  his  daughter  Margaret.  His  daughter  Agnes.  Proved 
II  Oct.  1615. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Rudd,  folio  91. 

Nuncupative  will  of  John  Eles  of  Sottwell,  Co.  Berks, 
yeoman,  dated  i  December  161 7.  For  goodwill  I  bear  to 
Elizabeth  Adams,  single  woman,  all  goods.  Witnesses  Mar- 
gerie Rowland,  Alee  Wattson,  Elizabeth  Middleton.  29 
December  161 7,  Administration  to  Elizabeth  Adams,  leg- 
atee, unmarried. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Weldon,  folio  1 10. 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  9 

Will  of  Edward  Bales,  Broadhempston,  Co.  Devon,  yeo- 
man, dated  20  January  16 17.  To  be  buried  in  church  of 
Broadhempston.  Poor  of  Broadhempston.  Poor  of  Withe- 
combe.  Poor  of  Torbryant.  Wife  Joane  Bales.  Son  Bdward 
Bales  4  parcels  of  land  in  Broadhempston  called  Great  Prest- 
lande  and  I,ittle  Prestlande,  Dabins  parke  and  the  Tongue, 
also  another  parcel  purchased  of  Bdward  Sumpter  adjoin- 
ing my  Curtilege  of  my  tenement  called  the  Pitt  in  Broad- 
hempston for  life,  pajang  to  my  heirs  2d.  yearly.  My 
children's  children  a'  noble  each.  Sister  Jone  Collamore. 
Rest  to  son  Richard  Bales  executor.  Overseers  Isaac  Gons- 
well,  clerk,  and  Tobye  Rennye  of  Staverton.  Witnesses 
Isaac  Gonswell,  John  Barter.  Proved  5  Feb.  1 620-1. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,   Register  Dale,  folio  20. 

Will  of  Lyon  Bales  of  goodship  Wam.  dated   

Sister  Ann  Smith  dwelling  in  Moreclacke.    Executor  Alex- 
ander   Tucker.     Witnesses  Ralph  Harris,   William  Coop. 
Administration  to  sister  Ann  Smith,  executor  renouncing ' 
28  October  1625. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Clarke,  folio  105. 

Will  of  Walter  lies  of  Wilton  Clendon,  (Milton  Clendon? 
[F.  F.  S.]),  Diocese  of  Bath  and  Wells,  dated  5  August 
1622.  John  Perry  my  sister's  son.  Alice  Perry  my  sister's 
daughter.  Fraunces  lies  my  brother's  daughter.  Thomas 
lies  my  brother.  Alice  King  my  sister,  David  King  her 
husband.  Edward  Kirton  and  William  Bisse  of  Milton, 
To  reparation  of  church  of  Milton.  James  Russe,  son  of 
Thomas  Russe,  and  Richard  Russe.  Joane  and  Anne 
Russe.  Thomas  son  of  Thomas  Russe  aforesaid.  John 
Jacobb  son  of  William  Jacobb.  Maud  Reeve.  Executors 
friends  Matthias  Webb  and  Thomas  Russe  son  of  Thomas 
Russe.  Overseers  William  Champion  and  William  Jacobb. 
Witnesses  William  Jacobb  senior,  William  Jacobb,  Thomas 
Vickres  and  Garthrid  Russe.  Codicil.  12  August  1622. 
Legacies  to  Christian,  John  and  Alice  Perry  to  be  laid  out 
in  lands  by  Peter  Thacker  vicar  of  Milton  Cleevedon.    John 


10  THE  JOHN  EELLS  FAMILY. 

Gilford  of  Allington  parish.  lo  Ditchett,  yeoman  and 
George  Joyce  of  Kverchrich  for  use  of  said  Christian  and 
remainder  to  John  and  Alice  son  and  daughter  of  my  said 
sister  and  my  overseers  to  be  instead  Peter  Thacher  and 
John  Byfford.  Witnesses  Peter  Thacher,  Thomas  lies,  John 
Dake,  Maude  Reeves,  Gartred  Russe.  Proved  25  November 
1622  by  executors. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Savile,  folio  100. 

Will  of  John  lies,  Southe  Wraxall,  Co.  Wilts,  clothier, 
dated  5  Sept.  1628.  Sister  Susan.  Wife  Agnes  tenements 
late  Millards  etc. ,  and  lease  on  tenements  of  John  More 
and  John  Gibbons  etc.  To  wife  Agnes  and  son  Thomas, 
executors.  Brother-in-law  John  Edwards  and  neighbor 
Henry  Malpas  overseers.  Witnesses  Ric  Waker,  cl. ,  John 
Waker,  cl.  Proved  to  Feb.  1628-9. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Ridley,  folio  14. 

Will  of  Robert  Eyles,  Flaunsham,  parish  of  Felpham, 
Sussex,  the  elder,  yeoman,  dated  24  February  1630. 
Daughter  Alice  wife  of  Anthony  Nash  the  younger. 
Grandchild  Mary  Nash,  daughter  of  daughter  Alice  at  18. 
Child  of  son-in-law  John  Watersfeild  by  my  daughter  Mary 
at  18.  Daughter  Mary  Watersfeild.  Kinswoman  Joan 
lycech.  Mary  Turgis,  wife  of  Thomas  Turgis  of  Yapton. 
Kinsman   Henry  Eyles.     Neighbor  Beniamin  Dowsett  of 

Felpham.      Kinsman    William   Eyles   of    Bognor 

Symonds,  spinster,  daughter  of  wife  of  John  Whills  of 
Aldwicke.  Joane  Walter  widow.  Her  sons,  John  and 
William.  William  Walls  of  Flaunsham.  William  Wyatt 
of  Felpham  and  his  four  children.  Kinsman  Robert  Eyles 
dwelling  in  Weeke  Rowe  my  godson.  Daughter-in-law 
Alice  Eyles,  relict  of  son  John  Eyles  deceased.  Robert 
Watersfeild,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Watersfeild  aforesaid. 
Servant  John  Eilliot.  Rest  to  daughter  Mary  Watersfeild, 
executrix,  if  her  husband  John  Watersfeild  give  bond  in 
^300.  Friends  Edward  Stoker  of  Yapton  and  Richard 
Williams  of  City  of  Chichester.     Mary  Eyles  of  Aldwicke 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  11 

widow.      Witnesses   Richard   Williams,    Edward    Stoker, 
Benjamin  Dorsett,  John  LilHot,  John  Wyatt.     Proved  19 

Sept.  1632. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Audley,  folio  95. 

Will    of    Sarah   lies,    I^ondon,    widow,    dated Son 

Richard  Hancockes.  Daughter  Rachell,  wife  of  Thomas 
Phillips.  Executor  to  restore  to  Mr.  John  lies  picture  of 
my  late  husband,  Mr.  Thomas  lies.  Mary  Allen.  >Eliz. 
Browne.  If  life  spared  till  next  quarter  day  money  then 
due  to  son  Richard  Hancockes  and  son-in-law  Thomas 
Phillips.  Son-in-law  Thomas  Phillips  and  his  wife  my 
daughter.  Because  son-in-law  Richard  Hancockes  lives 
most  remote  from  London  and  son-in-law  Thomas  Phillips 
is  resident  in  London,  Thomas  Phillips,  executor.  Wit- 
nesses Any  Rowe,   Thos.   Reade,   John  Peck.     Proved  4 

January  1635-6.  _  .  ,•    a 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Pile,  folio  6. 

Will  of  Ehnor  Eale  of  Clesbury  Mortimer,  Co.  Salopp, 
Diocese  of  Hereford,  widow,  dated  4  July  1636.  Walter 
Weaver.  Elizabeth  wife  of  said  Walter.  Richard  ffarmer 
the  younger.  William  ffarmer.  Elizabeth  wife  of  Hum- 
f rey  Newall  the  younger.  Margaret  ffarmer.  John  ffarmer. 
Johane  ffarmer  my  sister.  Brother  Richard  York.  Mar- 
garet Wynwood  my  sister.  Sister-in-law  Margarett  Yorke. 
Richard  Yorke  the  younger  my  godson.  Residuary  legatee 
and  executor  Richard  ffarmer  the  elder.  Witnesses  William 
Unckle,  Jasper  Dudlick.  Proved  25  October  1637  by  execu- 
tor. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Goare,  folio  137. 

15  April  1639  administration  of  John  Yeeles,  Pilton  als 
Pulton,  Co.  Somerset,  bachelor,  to  sister  Joan  Witherell, 
wife  of  Christopher  Witherell  of  Glaston,  Co.  Somerset, 
husbandman. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Admon.  Act  Book,  1639- 
1640,  folio  30. 


12  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

Will  of  John  Eyles  of  the  Benith  in  the  parish  of  Hamble- 
don,  Co.  South' ton,  yeoman,  dated  23  January  1638.  To 
be  buried  in  the  church  or  churchyard  of  Hambledon. 
Wife  Alice.  Daughter  Anne,  wife  of  Richard  Goldsmith. 
Mary  Goldsmith.  Her  brother  Richard  Goldsmith.  Thomas 
Goldsmith.  Henry  Goldsmith.  John  Goldsmith.  Daugh- 
ter Margery  wife  of  William  ffisher.  Joane  fl&sher.  Her 
brother  William  ffisher.  John  ffisher.  Godson  John  Eyles. 
His  brother  Robert  Eyles  ;^2oo  and  close  of  land  I  bought 
of  John  Manfeild.  His  sister  Anne  Eyles.  Her  sister 
Elizabeth  Eyles.  Servant  Ellen  Bulbeck.  Residue  in 
trust  for  son  Robert  Eyles  children.  fFriends  John  ffisher 
of  Holte  and  William  ffisher  of  ffrancklyn  and  Richard 
Goldsmith  of  Palsgrove  and  William  Tribe  of  Hambledon, 
executors.     Witnesses  William  Tribe,  Thomas  Seaward. 

Codicil.  May  17  1639.  Richard  Goldsmith  to  have  full 
power  as  executor  in  trust  as  my  other  executors.  Same 
witnesses.     Proved  4  Oct.  1639  by  four  executors. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Harvey, 
folio  161. 

Will  of  Wm.  Hunt  of  St.  Peters  near  Pauls  Wharf, 
London,  Beerbrewer.  "To  Wm.  Eles  ^4  as  soon  as  he 
shall  have  faithfully  served  out  the  time  of  his  apprentice- 
ship." 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Evelyn, 
folio  116. 

17  April  1645  administration  of  John  Eles  als  Hilder, 
Ewell,  Co.  Surrey,  to  sister  Joane  Rylye,  wife  of  Thomas 
Rily. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Admon.  Act  Book   1644- 
1645,  folio  41. 

Will  of  George  Eales  of  Brownsover  in  Co.  Warwick, 
yeoman,  dated  i  June  1643.  To  be  buried  in  church  of 
Brownsover.  Son  John  Eales.  Sons  William  Eales  and 
Nicholas    Eales.     Two    daughters    of    my    son    Thomas. 


WIIvLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  13 

Edward  Bales,  The  daughter  of  John  Bales.  Thomas 
Bassett  the  son  of  Richard  Bassett  when  i8.  Poor  of  Cran- 
borough  and  the  ringers  John  Clarke  and  Edmund  Bales 
to  distribute  it.  To  poor  of  Rugbie.  Residuary  legatee 
and  executor  son  George  Bales.  Witnesses  Thomas  Petti- 
pher.  Thomas  Swift.  Hervey  Grubb.  Proved  20  Febru- 
ary 1645  by  executor. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Twisse,  folio  12. 

13  August  1647.  Administration  of  the  estate  of  William 
Byles  of  (Eanning?),  Co.  Berks,  granted  to  widow  Joane 
Eyles. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Admon.   Act  Book  for 
1647,  folio  123. 

2  December  1647.  (Will  of)  John  Bales  als  Hilder  of 
Ashlee  Co.  Surry,  Builder.  Sententia  between  Joane  Rily 
als  Bales  the  sister  of  deceased  and  brother  William  Bales 
als  Hilder  executor  of  nuncupative  will  of  said  deceased,  in 
favor  of  will  etc. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Fines,  folio  258. 

Nuncupative  Will.  Memorandum  that  Warren  Bales 
late  of  ffinchley  in  Co.  Middlesex  deceased  who  dyed  two 
years  since  and  somewhat  more  at  the  house  of  Henry 
Coreley  tanner  of  ffinchley  being  asked  &c. ,  did  by  word 
of  mouth  declare  his  last  will  nuncupative  &c. ,  a  little  land 
which  my  sister  shall  have  and  Sir  Richard  Strowde  oweth 
me  ^10  and  that  I  give  to  Mr.  Arundell  my  master. 
Witness  Henry  Corley.  Richard  Sutton.  12  May  1648. 
commission  to  Thomas  Arundell  to  administer  etc. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Essex,  folio  75. 

Will  of  William  Bales  of  Hatford,  Co.  Berks,  Clerke, 
dated  15  Feb.  1648.  To  eldest  son  Alban  Bales  houses  in 
ffrier  lane  and  house  in  Wanting  called  White  Hart.  Son 
Nicholas.  Third  son  George.  Daughter  Marie  wife  of 
Blazius  Adams.  Three  children  of  daughter  Elizabeth 
Masemore  deceased  twenty  pounds  on  their  father's  acquit- 


14  THE  JOHN  EELLS   FAMILY. 

tance.  My  youngest  daughter  Jane  I^ane.  Brother  Edward 
Bales.  Servant  Lucy  Thatcher.  Kinsman  &  Godson  Wil- 
liam Hammond  when  freeman  of  London.  Friend  William 
Rivers  and  Edith  his  wife.  Residuary  legatee  and  executor 
son  Alban.  Overseers  friends  Mr.  Phillipp  Yate  of  ffaring- 
don,  Mr.  Thomas  Bassett  of  Great  Harborough,  Co.  War- 
•wicke,  Mr.  Archer  of  Sommerton,  Co.  Oxon,  Mr.  John 
Hinckley  of  Coleshall  &  William  Masemore  the  elder  of 
Wanting,  Co.  Berks.  Witnesses  Edward  Eales  Sein. 
Edward  Eales  Jun.  Lucie  Thatcher.  Proved  29  May 
1649  by  executor. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Fairfax,  folio  72. 

Will  of  John  Ells  junior  of  Henley  upon  Thames,  Co. 
Oxon,  malster,  dated  12  Sept.  1649.  Have  purchased  one 
messuage  wherein  I  now  live  from  William  Benwell  of 
Covells  of  parish  of  Poppard,  Co.  Oxon,  yeoman.  I 
bequeath  to  Joane  my  wife  for  life  said  messuage,  at  her 
decease  to  John  Ells  my  son.  John  Ells  my  son  at  21. 
Joane  Ells  my  daughter  at  21.  Daughter  Sarah  Ells  at  21. 
Residuary  legatee  and  executrix  Joane  Ells  my  said  wife. 
Overseers  my  father  John  Ells  and  my  father-in-law 
(Thomas?)  Dormer.  Witnesses  Lawrence  Carver,  the  mark 
of  William  Jeflfes,  Jno.  Syler.  Proved  28  June  1650  by 
Joane  Ells  relict  and  executrix  named. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Pembroke, 
folio  91. 

Will  of  Thomas  Ealles  of  Wroxall,  Co.  Warwick,  yeoman, 
dated  17  December  1649.  SonSamuell.  His  son  Samuell. 
Son  Richard.  Daughter  Ann.  Daughter  Sarah.  Daugh- 
ter Mary.  Couzen  Mary  Eales.  Sister  Smart.  Residuary 
legatee  &  executor  son  John.  Overseers  brother  Thomas 
ffulford  and  Joseph  Bennett.  Witnesses  the  overseers  & 
Richard  Ludford.     Proved  9  Nov.  1650  b}^  executor. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Pembroke, 
folio  175. 


WILLS  AND  ADMINISTRATIONS.  15 

Will  of  John  Else,  town  of  Northampton,  yeoman,  dated 
1 2  April  1 65 1 .  To  poor  of  St.  Sepulchres.  Brother  William 
Else  and  his  children.  Ann  daughter  of  my  sister  Plow- 
right.  Ividia  Carswell  my  maidservant.  Servant  heretofore 
Elles  Nicholls  and  Sarah  Lune.  William  Else  all  lands  etc, 
in  Broughton,  county  North  Hants  or  elsewhere.  Exec- 
utors to  be  guardians  of  son  during  minority.  If  son  die 
all  to  three  nieces,  Ann  Plowright,  Hanna  Else  and  Anne 
Farrow.  Executors,  friends  and  neighbors,  Mr.  Henry 
Sprigg  and  Mr.  Edward  Collis.  Overseers  Mr.  Thomas 
Barton,  Mr.  Hugh  Lovell,  Mr.  John  White  and  Mr.  John 
Giles.  Witnesses  Chr.  Younge,  Richard  Younge,  Hen. 
Lovell,  Not.  Publique.  Proved  12  May  1651. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Grey,  folio  84. 

Will  of  John  Eales,  citizen  and  grocer  of  lyondon,  dated 
7  November  1646.  Sister  Mary  Eales.  Cousin  Elizabeth 
Garrit,  youngest  daughter  of  my  brother  Amos  Garrit 
deceased,  when  21.  Cousin  John  Garrit,  Seth  Garrit,  James 
Garrit,  Sara  and  Martha  Garrit  and  their  brother  Amos 
Garrit  the  other  children  of  my  brother  Amos  Garrit  when 
21.  Sister  Anne  Flawse  wife  of  my  brother-in-law  James 
Flawse.  William,  James,  John,  Richard  and  Jervis  Flawse 
their  children  when  21.  William,  Elizabeth,  Sara,  Thomas, 
Samuell  and  Kate  Brown  children  of  my  friend  Thomas 
Brown  of  lyondon  grocer  and  to  their  father  and  mother. 
To  their  servant  Alice  Twitchell.  To  cousin  Mary  Good 
wife  of  John  Good  of  Dunchurch,  Co.  Warwick.  Aunt 
Fraunces  Croley.  Cousin  Elizabeth,  Martha,  Sara,  Edward 
and  Jno.  Collie  children  of  my  cousin  Edward  Collie  of 
Northampton.  My  sister  Adams  two  children  John  and 
Elizabeth.  To  children  of  my  uncle  William  Greene, 
Robert,  William,  John,  Anne  and  Ellen  Greene.  To  poor 
of  Hillmorton  where  I  was  born.  Residuary  Legatees  my 
father  William  Eales  and  Katherine  his  wife  my  mother. 
Executors  Richard  Critchlow  of  L,ondon  cloathworker  and 
Edward  Collie  of  Northampton  mercer.     Overseers  friends 


16  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS  FAMILY. 

John  Harsenept  and  Thomas  Brodrick.  Witnesses  Ed. 
Collie,  William  Rogers,  Tobie  Coliwell  Towne  Gierke  of 
Northampton.  Proved  15  December  1651  by  executors. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Grey,  folio  238. 

10  June  1652,  Administration  of  the  goods  of  Joane  Brad- 
ley als  Gardner,  als  Towne,  als  Eagles  (Eayles?)  of  I^udlow, 
Co.  Salop,  to  natural  brother  Edward  Bradley. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Admon.  Act  Book  1652, 

folio  105. 

Will  of  Edward  Eales  of  Bagston,  parish  of  Brodhemp- 
ston,  Co.  Devon,  gent.,  dated  15  April  1652.  Wife  Avise, 
two  orchards  at  Weston  in  said  parish  which  I  hold  of  Mr. 
Christopher  Woolston.  Rights  in  several  messuages  in 
Brodhempston.  Tenement  in  occupation  of  one  Allyn. 
Robert  Waringe  thelder  of  Modbury,  gent.  Mr.  William 
ffesse  Vicar  of  Brodhempstone.  Mr.  William  Searle  thelder 
of  Dartington  and  John  Blackaller  of  Brodhempston,  yeo- 
man, trustees  for  wife  and  children.  Eldest  son  Richard. 
Executors  the  said  Robert  Waringe,  William  ffesse,  William 
Searle  and  John  Blackaller.  Witnesses  William  Rowe, 
John  Coyte.  Proved  24  May  1653  by  executors. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Brent,  folio  196. 

Nuncupative  Will  of  Nathaniell  Eles  late  of  Harden,  Co. 
Hertford,  husbandman  deceased,  dated  26  July  1653. 
Children  of  Mr.  William  Eles.  John  Eles  son  of  said 
William.  Children  of  Mr.  Nathaniell  Eles.  Richard  White 
living  with  Mr.  Nathaniell  Eles  and  to  the  two  sisters  of 
said  Richard,  rents  of  his  house  and  lands  till  his  brother 
John's  son  shall  come  of  age.  To  poor  of  Harnden  and 
Esenden.  To  Mrs.  Wilton  and  Mary  Smith  and  others. 
His  brother's  daughter  and  son.  His  sister-in-law.  Exec- 
utor Master  William  Eles.  Witnesses  Mr,  William  Eles, 
Mr.  Nathaniell  Eles,  goodwife  Reynolds,  goodwife  Lewis 
and  others.     Proved  18  ffebry.    1653  by  executor. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Alchin, 
folio  179. 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  17 

Will  of  John  Eles  of  Harpendon,  Co.  Hertford,  dated  i 
Nov.  1649.  Son  William  Eles  and  his  three  sons  John, 
William  and  Nathaniell.  My  son  William's  wife.  My 
brother  Child.  My  daughter  ffoster  and  my  son  ffoster. 
My  son  Nathaniell,  his  daughter  Jane  and  his  sons 
Nathaniell  and  John.  Wife  of  my  brother  Child.  My  sis- 
ter Porsey.  Poor  of  Heardon.  Executor  Son  Nathaniell. 
To  be  buried  at  Hearpendine  or  at  fflanistead  near  his  wife 
deceased.     Proved  7  Feb.  1654  by  executor. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Alchin, 
folio  213. 

Nimcupative  Will  of  William  Eyles  late  of  Braunston, 
Co.  Northampton  deceased,  who  in  September  1653  being 
asked  etc.,  said  all  my  goods  &c.  I  give  to  m}^  brother 
Eyles  except  one  sheep  which  I  give  to  my  sister  Elizabeth 
and  made  the  said  Edward  Eyles  his  executor.  Witnesses 
John  Harwood  and  Thomas  Eyles.  Proved  8  June  1654 
by  executor. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Alchin, 
folio  241. 

Will  of  Thomas  Eales  citizen  and  cooper,  dated  10  April 
1654.  My  goods  I  leave  according  to  the  custom  of  the 
city.  To  wife  Joane  Eales  lease  of  house  I  now  dwell  in, 
for  life  and  after  her  decease  to  my  son  William.  If  said 
William  happen  to  die  then  to  his  brother  Robert  Eales  and 
his  sister  Katherine  Eales.     Executrix  Wife  Joane. 

Sealed  13  Day  of  April.  Witnesses  Andrew  Langley  and 
John  Walker.     Proved  18  April  1654  by  executor. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Alchin, 
folio   473. 

10  Nov.  1654  Administration  of  goods  of  William  Eales 
late  of  St.  Giles  Cripplegate  to  widow  Mary  Eales. 
Prerogative  Court  of   Canterbury,  Admon.  Act  Book  for 
1654,  folio  133. 


18  THE  JOHN   EELIvS   FAMILY. 

Will  of  George  Eales  dated  27  July  1654.  Friend  John 
Deuerell  ;i^2o  to  be  paid  in  Surratt.  Thomas  Atkins  and 
Thomas  Carten.  Thomas  South.  John  Townsend.  Wages 
due  from  Hon.  East  India  Company  to  father  Edward 
Eales  living  at  Samford,  Co.  Berks  and  he  to  be  executor. 
Witness  John  Newton,  Roger  Ballard.  Proved  last  day  of 
August  1655  by  executor. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Aylett,  folio  83. 

7  Feb'y  1655-6  administration  of  goods  of  John  Eales  of 
Mortimers  Cross,  Co.  Hereford,  to  widow  Elizabeth  Eales. 
Prerogative  Court  of   Canterbury,  Admon.  Act  Book  for 
1656,  folio  23. 

Will  of  George  Eales  of  Brownsover,  Co.  Warwick,  yeo- 
man, dated  i  December  1655.  To  be  buried  in  church  of 
Brownsover.  Brother  Edward  Eales.  Kinsman  William 
Eales  eldest  son  of  brother  John.  Kinsman  Edward  Eales 
son  of  William  Eales.  Legacies  to  Kinsman  Thomas  Eales 
son  of  said  William.  Mary  Eales  daughter  of  said  William. 
Zacharie  Eales  daughter  of  William  Eales.  Sarah  Eales 
his  daughter.  Anne  Eales  her  eldest  sister.  George  Eales 
son  of  brother  John.  My  brother  Nicholas  Eales.  George 
Eales  son  of  said  George  Eales  Cooke.  Ann  Hammond 
daughter  of  my  brother  John,  William  Hammond  youngest 
son  of  said  Ann.  George  son  of  brother  William  Eales. 
Anne  Scale  daughter  of  brother  Thomas  Eales.  Elizabeth 
Berry  daughter  of  brother  Thomas  Eales.  Alban  Eales 
eldest  son  of  brother  William.  Nicholas  son  of  brother 
William  Eales.  Mary  Adames  daughter  of  brother  Wil- 
liam. Kinswoman  Isabell  Hinckle5^  Kinswoman  Eliza- 
beth Pettiferr  daughter  of  Thomas  Pettiferr.  Kinsman 
William  Bassett  son  of  my  kinsman  Richard  Bassett  legacy 
given  him  by  my  father.  Mary  Bassett  daughter  of  Thomas 
Bassett.  The  five  children  of  kinsman  Edward  Bassett. 
Kinswoman  Sara  Pownie,  Kinsman  Thomas  Bassett  son 
of  kinsman  Thomas  Bassett.  Kinswoman  Elizabeth  Bas- 
sett daughter  of  kinsman  Thomas.     Kinswoman  Elizabeth 


WILLS   AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  19 

Bassett  daughter  of  kinsman  Richard  Bassett.  Three  chil- 
dren of  Mr.  Tillgharan  of  Rugbie.  Children  of  my  kinsman 
George  Bales  son  of  brother  John.  George  Bales  his  chil- 
dren son  of  William  Bales.  Richard  Deacon  of  Rugbie. 
Kinswoman  Blizabeth  Smith  daughter  of  kinsman  Robert 
Hinckle3\  Residuary  legatee  and  executor  kinsman 
Thomas  Pettiferr.  Witnesses  William  Bassett,  George 
Butler,  Blizabeth  Rugbie,  Edward  Bassett.  Proved  ii 
Feb.  1655  by  executor. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Berkley,  folio  63. 

5  March  1656-7  Administration  of  Goods  of  John  Byles 
late  of  Barrowe,  Co.  Salop,  to  Widow  Dorothy  Byles. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Admon.  Act  Book  for 
1657,  folio  60. 

Will  of  Robert  Bales, of  North  Bovey,  Co.  Devon,  Tan- 
ner, dated  23  Jan.  1656.  Son  Jacob  Bales  lands  in  Middle 
Lukerdom  in  parish  of  Northbovey,  in  default  of  heirs  to 
son  Robert  Bales  or  to  his  sister  Ruth  or  sister  Joane  or 
her  next  sister  Phillippa.  Daughter  Ruth.  Daughter 
Joane.  Daughter  Phillippa.  Daughter  Mary.  Daughter 
Hannah.  Grandchild  Steven  Berry.  Kinsman  Jenner 
Bales.  Residuary  legatee  and  executor  eldest  son  Jacob, 
Overseers  son-in-law  John  Berry  of  Beisleigh  and  cousin 
John  Bales.  Witnesses  John  Benncraft,  Thomas  Cook. 
Proved  10  Dec.  1657  by  executor. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Ruthen, 
folio  523. 

Will  of  Thomas  Bales  of  Staverton,  Co.  Devon,  yeoman, 
dated  last  day  of  July  1658.  Wife  Winefred  messuage  I 
now  dwell  in  and  messuage  at  Sparkewill  and  other  tene- 
ments in  said  parish  for  life,  after  her  decease  to  son  John 
and  daughter  Anne  the  wife  of  George  Martin  of  Darting- 
ton,  Co.  Devon,  yeoman.  Thomas  Bales  and  John  Bales 
the  younger  son  of  John  Bales  my  son.  Their  sisters 
Margery,  Ann  and  Mary  Bales.     Winefred  my  daughter 


20  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

and  her  two  children.  Mary  Martin  daughter  of  said 
George  Martin.  Her  brother  George  and  sisters  Anne, 
Margery  and  Elizabeth  Martin.  Residuary  legatee  and 
executor  wife  Winefred.  Overseers  friends  Symon  Worth 
Esq.  and  Hugh  Horsham,  yeoman.  Witness  John  Rowe, 
Agnes  Snell.     Proved  25  Sept.  1658  by  executrix. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Wootton, 
folio  469, 

Will  of  Levy  Ellis  als  Witnall  (N.B.  Eles  in  margin) 
dated  8  August  1654.  Son  John  bigger  house  at  the  Lower 
Marsh  where  one  Hether  dwelleth  and  the  lesser  house  after 
my  wife's  death.  Daughter  Margery.  Grandchild  Ann 
Weson  when  21,  or  day  of  marriage.  Executrix  wife  Mar- 
garet. Witnesses  William  Paultuck,  Samuell  Scudamore. 
Proved  London  19  Oct.  1658  by  executrix. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Wootton, 
folio  549. 

Will  of  John  Eales  of  Bilton,  Co.  Warwick,  yeoman, 
dated  22  Feb.  1646.  Son  George.  Daughter  Ann  Hamon. 
Wife  Zacharie  for  life  then  to  son  William  and  his  children. 
Wife  Zachary  to  be  executrix.  Witnesses  John  Ennews, 
Thomas  Pettifer,  Edw:  Bassett. 

28  Jan.  1658  administration  granted  to  William  Eales 
as  relict  died  before  execution. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Wootton, 
folio  679.     Also  Will  filed  P.C.C.  Jan.  1658-9. 

Will  of  Mary  Eales  als  Braunce  of  Braunton,  dated  31 
March  1657.  Brother  Phillip  Whitfield.  Cousin  Honor 
Griffin  and  Johane  Griffin.  Executrix  Cousin  Mary  Griffin. 
Witnesses  Arthur  Dyer,  William  Winge,  Phillip  Griffin. 
Proved  2  Dec.  1658  by  executrix. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Wootton, 
folio  713. 

Will  of  William  Eales  of  Weston,  parish  of  Bulkington, 
Co.  Warwick,  yeoman,  dated  6  Dec.  1658,  being  aged  and 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  21 

weak.  To  be  buried  in  churchyard  of  Bulkington,  Aunt 
Dorothie  More  of  Chilverstou,  widow.  Godson  Edward 
Cudd  of  Filloughby.  Wife  of  John  Richardson  my  child's 
nurse.  Former  wife's  son  John  Tobie  to  have  diet  out  of 
lands  in  Weston.  Wife  Katherine  Bales.  Son  Samuell 
when  21.  House  and  lands  &c.  in  Weston.  Executrix 
wife  Katherine.  Overseers  Richard  Jennard,  Jun.  of  Chil- 
verstou and  Thomas  Richardson  of  Weston,  tailor.  Wit- 
nesses Richard  Jennard,  Thos.  Richardson,  John  Bartows. 
Proved  by  widow  Katherine  Bales  19  Feb.  1658-9. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Pell,  folio  53. 

9  Aug.  1660.     Administration  of  goods  of   Peter  Eyles 
of  Odean,  Co.  Herts,  granted  to  widow  Susan  Eyles. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Admon.  Act  Book  for 
1660,  folio  123. 

Will  of  Thomas  Bales  als  Witnall  of  Chippinge  Wick- 
ham,  Co.  Bucks,  husbandman,  dated  28  October  1660. 
Wife  Elizabeth  Bales.  Mother  Elizabeth  Bales.  Eldest 
daughter  Elizabeth  when  21.  Second  Daughter  Joane 
Bales  when  2 1 .  Youngest  daughter  Mary  when  2 1 .  Exec- 
utors Mathew  Archdale  &  John  Stevens.  Witnesses  Ellen 
Cocke  als  Fange  &  Ellen  Harding.  Signed  Thomas  Bles. 
Proved  Nov.  1660. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Nabbs,  folio  209. 

Will    of    Joane    Bales.      Brother   James     Humpheries. 
Cousin    Robert    Richen.      Cousin    Susan    Farlow,      Ann 
Smithens.     Sister  Elizabeth  Humphries.     Sister  Katherine 
Pragnall. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  May,  folio  138. 

Will  of  John  Beles,  Henley  upon  Thames,  Co.  Oxon, 
gent.,  dated,  i  June  1663.  Son  Henry  Beles  and  his  wife 
Mary.  My  wife  Sarah  Beles.  Son  Richard  Eeles  of  Bon- 
don,  barber  surgeon.  Daughter  Sarah  Toovey.  Daughter 
Mary  Higgins  wife  of  Steven  Higgins.  Elizabeth  Wool- 
sey  wife  of   Richard   Woolsey.     Daughter  Sisley  Harmer 


22  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

wife  of  Edmund  Harmer.  Three  children  of  son  John 
Eeles  deceased,  John  Eeles,  Joan  Eeles  and  Sarah  Eeles. 
Sister  Mary  Randall.  Rest  to  son  Richard  Eeles  and  son- 
in-law  William  Toovey  executors.  Overseers  Mr.  John 
Phelps,  Mr.  John  Tyler  and  Mr.  Richard  Boult.  Proved 
8  August  1664. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Bruce,  folio  91. 

Will  of  John  Eeles  the  elder  of  Doreton,  Bucks,  gent., 
dated  25  January  1 670-1.  Grandson  John  Eeles  eldest 
son  of  son  Robert  Eeles.  Wife  Elizabeth  Eeles.  Grand- 
daughter Sarah  Eeles  daughter  of  Robert  Eeles.  Grand- 
son Robert' Eeles. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Duke,  folio  76. 

Will  of  Richard  Eeles  citizen  and  barber  surgeon  of  St. 
Bartholomew's  Exchange,    dated  .     Wife  Anne. 

Son  Joseph  Eeles.     Son  Richard  Eeles.     Son  John  Eeles. 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Duke,  folio  103. 

Will  of  Raphe  Eles,  lyittle  St.  Bartholomew,  near  West 
Smythefeilde,  Eondon,  yeoman,  dated  28  December  1622. 
To  be  buried  in  Little  St.  Bartholomew  aforesaid.  Son 
Edward  Eles  40s.  in  seven  years,  if  living,  friend  Mr.  Moore 
Sondon  to  have  the  keeping  of  it.  Rest  to  wife  Mary 
Eles  executrix.  Witnesses  Moore  Sondon,  Jonas  Wood, 
Thomas  Alvord,  Henrj'  Somerscales,  apprentice  to  Hugh 
Treswell,   scrivenor.     Proved  4  January  1622. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  London,  filed  wills. 

10  November  1625.     Administration  of  Thomas  Eales, 
St.   Margarets,   New  Fish  Street,   London,  to  brother  and 
chief  creditor  Nicholas  Eales,  widow  Mildred  renouncing. 
Consistory   Court    of    London,    Vicar   General    Book    13 
(1623-1625),  folio  163. 

18  February   1663-4.   Administration  of  William   Eales, 
St.  Stephens,  Coleman  Street,  to  widow  Hanna  Eales. 
Commissary  Court  of  London,  Act  Book  20  (i 647-1 665), 

folio   104. 


WILLS  AND  ADMINISTRATIONS.  23 

BERKSHIRE. 

Will  of  Edward  Bales,  Buckleburye,  Berks,  husbandman, 
dated  21  Februar)'  159 1-2.  To  be  buried  in  Buckleburye 
churchyard.  To  mother  church  of  Sarum.  Son  Richard. 
Son  Jeffery.  Daughter  Joane.  Wife  Jane  and  son  John 
executors.  Overseers  Richard  Browne  of  Nutchetche 
Streate  and  brother  William  Bales.  Witnesses  William 
Parker,  senior,  and  Richard  Forster.  Proved  at  New- 
berry, 12  October  1592. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  Register  I  (1591-1596), 

folio  47. 

Will  of  Henrie  Bales,  Gressene,  parish  Sulhamstead 
Abbotts,  dated  last  day  of  January  1609-10  (?).  To  be 
buried  in  church  of  Sulhamstead  Abbotts.  To  church  of 
Sarum.  To  Margerie  and  Katherine  my  son  Raphe's 
daughters  when  married.  Brother  Thomas  Bales.  My 
goddaughter  Dorothea  Bales.  Godson  Henrie  Bales.  Son 
Ralph  Bales  executor.  Overseers  Thomas  Bridgewater 
and  Henrie  (Sulfield?).  Witnesses  John  Wilkins,  Anne 
Bales.      Proved  21  April  16 10. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  Register  B  (1609-16 19,) 

folio  43. 

Will  of  Joane  Bles,  Ufl&ngton,  Berks,  widow,  dated  7 
Jan,  1 61 6-1 61 7.  To  be  buried  in  Ufl&ngton  churchyard. 
To  mother  church  of  Sarum.  To  church  of  Ufl&ngton. 
Son  Richard  Bles.  Son  Thomas  Bles.  Daughter  Anne 
Bles  in  two  years  or  at  marriage.  Son  George  Bles  execu- 
tor. Overseers  Thomas  (Pou?)  and  Thomas  Chamberlain. 
Witnesses  Thomas  (Pou  ?),  Thomas  Chamberlain  and  Wil- 
liam Repington.  Proved  22  January  1617-1618. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  Register  B  (1609-1619), 

folio  768. 

John  lies,  illegible,  will  filed. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  Register  B  (1609-16 19), 

folio  871. 


24  THE  JOHN  EELLS   FAMILY. 

Will  of  George  Bales,  Braye,  county  Berks,  fuller,  dated 
20  November  1625.  Son  John  Eeles  and  Jacamye  his  wife 
and  heirs  of  said  John  Bales  ;  for  want  of  such  to  my  son 
George  Bels  and  Joane  his  now  wife  &c.,  then  to  my 
daughter  Judith  Bels,  &c.  Son  George  Beles  executor. 
Witnesses  Richard  Barfoote  the  elder.  Tho.  Goud. 
Proved  at  Readinge  7  April  1624. 

Inventory  George  Beles  of  Bray,  Co.  Berks,  clothworker. 
15  December  1623  by  Faithful  Prince  and  Tho.  Goud. 
15-4-6-  Bx.  7  April  to  ex. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  filed  will. 

Will  of  Thomas  Bles,  Uplambourne,  county  Berks,  hus- 
bandman, dated  28  June  1638.  To  be  buried  in  parish 
church  of  Chippen  of  I^ambourne.  To  poor  of  Chippen 
Lambourne.  To  poor  of  Ufl&ngton,  Co.  Berks.  To  church 
of  Ufiington.  Sister-in-law  Mary  Bles.  My  three  cousins 
Jone  Bles,  Mary  Bles  and  Frances  Bles.  To  church  of 
Bambourne.  Cousin  Blizabeth  Pinnell,  daughter  of  sister 
Anne  Pinnell.  Friend  William  Repington.  Sister  Anne 
Pinnell,  executrix.  Witnesses  William  Repington,  Ralph 
Demmar.     Proved  at  Newbery  5  October  1638. 

Inventory  7  September  1638  by  Richarde  Pinnell  and 
William  Repington  ^211-12-1.     5  October  1638. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  filed  will. 

Will  of  Mary  Bales,  UflSngton,  Berks,  widow,  dated  14 
August  1 65 1.  To  be  buried  in  Ufiington  churchyard  near 
late  husband.  Daughter  Johane  wife  of  Richard  Saunders. 
Grandson  Richard  Saunders.  Grandchild  Mary  Saunders 
(my  god-daughter)  at  16.  Daughter  Frances  Bales  till  she 
marry.  To  said  daughter  Frances  £6  yearly  for  term  of 
my  interest  in  two  yardlands  in  Uffington,  provided  her 
husband  willing  to  convey  said  £6  &c.  Kinswoman,  Mrs. 
Blizabeth  Brooke,  wife  of  Mr.  Robert  Brooke.  Daughter 
Mary,  now  wife  of  Giles  Stampe.  Son-in-law  Giles  Stampe, 
executor.  Overseers,  kinsman,  Mr.  Robert  Brooke  and 
brother-in-law,  Richard  Stampe.    Witnesses  Thomas  Stret- 


WILLS   AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  25 

ton,  Robert  Brooke,  I.  Ridley.     Gyles  Stampe,  executor, 
sworne  12  December  1651.     Proved  12  December  1651. 

Inventory  4  September  1651  by  Richard  Thatcher,  Fran- 
cis Thatcher  and  John  Johnson  ;^7 6-2-9.  Execut.  12 
December  1651. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  filed  will. 

Will  of  Joane  Eeles,  Wargrave,  Co.  Berks,  widow,  dated 
22  August  1650  (1659?).  My  son  William  Eeles.  My 
grandchild  William  Eeles  and  Susan  Eeles.  Son  Robert 
Eeles  my  close  of  An  Wargrove  called  Northcroft  ( 1 2  acres) 
&c.  Grandchild  Mary  Hobbs,  executrix.  Overseers,  son 
Robert  Eels  and  Henry  Borhall,  of  Wargrave,  scrivnor. 
Witnesses  Ralph  Swane,  Thomas  Hatbird.  Executrix  but 
12  years  old,  admon.  cum  test,  annexed  to  Thomas  Hobbs. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  filed  will,  1662. 

Will  of  John  Eels,  Bray,  Co.  Berks,  husbandman,  dated 
8  February  1659.  Daughter  Mary,  wife  of  Edward  Plum- 
ridge  house  &c.  I  dwell  in  for  life,  then  to  Edward  Plum- 
ridge  3^e  younger,  my  grandchild.  To  Mary  Plumridge  my 
grandchild  at  18.  Servant  Ann  Eel.  Kinsman  Thomas 
Turner.  Kinsman  Thomas  Eels.  Joan  Honton.  Overseers 
William  Lemdon  and  Humphrey  Graston.  Son-in-law 
Edward  Plumridge,  executor.  Witnesses  William  Lemdon, 
John  lyovell,  Jr.     Proved  3  February  1664-5. 

Inventory  19  January  1665,  ;^59-i6-8.  Administration 
to  Mary  Plumridge,  widow,  daughter  of  deceased,  the  exec- 
utor being  dead. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Berkshire,  filed  will,  1664. 

William  Eles,  Ufton  Robbets,  Co.  Berks,  dated  20  May 
1662.  Nephew  George  Eles  son  to  my  brother  George 
Eles.  Wife  Ann  Eles,  executrix.  Witnesses  Edmund 
Wheeler,  Ann  Wheeler.  Codicil.  Nephew  Hugh  Eles. 
Wife's  niece  Joan  Wheeler.  Witnesses  Thomas  Barker, 
Martha  Smith.     Proved  12  April  1665. 

Inventory  30  Ma}-  1662  bj^  Ralph  Harmswood  and 
William  Songer,  ^26-6-4. 

Archdeaconrj^  Court  of  Berkshire,  filed  will. 


26  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS   FAMILY. 

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 

Will  of  John  Bales  of  Quainton  in  the  county  of  Buck., 
dated ,  husbandman,  sick  in  body  but  of  good  and  per- 
fect memory.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  or  church  yard 
of  Quainton.  My  son  John  my  house  and  land  lying  and 
being  in  Quainton  and  Quainton  feilds  when  21,  condition- 
ally that  he  shall  pay  unto  my  daughter  Annis  twenty 
pounds  when  he  my  son  John  shall  come  to  the  age  of  2 1 , 
and  also  that  he  shall  pay  unto  my  son  Thomas  five  pounds 
when  Thomas  shall  come  to  the  age  of  21,  and  if  my  son 
John  shall  refuse  to  pay  this  twenty  pounds  to  his  sister 
Annis  then  my  will  is  that  she  shall  have  nine  acres  of  my 
arable  land  etc.  My  son  Henry  when  21.  My  wife  Jone 
during  her  natural  life  or  widowhood.  Raphe  Hakins  and 
Francis  Foster  overseers. 

Witnesses  Daniel  Playsted,  Raphe  Hawkins,  Francis 
Foster.     Proved  2  October  1630. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of    Buckinghamshire,  filed  wills   for 
1630,  number  97. 

Will  of  Thomas  Yeales  of  Quaineton,  Co.  Bucks,  hus- 
bandman, dated  20  September  1637.  Sister  Joane  Clarke. 
My  brother  Henry  Yeales  and  his  heirs  all  that  my  part 
of  the  cloase  which  I  bought  of  my  brother  John  Yeales 
lying  in  Wadesden  parish  called  by  the  name  of  Bushie 
leas  coppice,  als  Bushie  leas  penn.  My  brother  Edward 
Yeales.  Residuary  legatee  and  executor,  my  brother  Henry 
Yeales.  Witnesses  Dominick  Haysteede,  Francis  Foster. 
Proved  i  June  1639  by  Henrie  Yeales  brother  and  executor 
named. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Buckinghamshire,  Register  for  1639, 

folio  33. 

Will  of  Margery  Eeles  of  Dorton,  Co.  Bucks,  widow, 
dated  14  February  1638.  Wilham  Archer  son  of  my 
daughter  Elizabeth  Eeles.  Margerye  Archer.  My  daughter 
Mary  White  and  every  one  of  her  children.     My  daughter 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  27 

Elizabeth  Moores  and  every  one  of  her  children.  My 
daughter  Joane  Allen  and  every  one  of  her  children.  My 
daughter  Anne  Hobbs  and  every  one  of  her  children. 
Thomas  Eeles  the  son  of  Robert  Eeles.  Frances  Eeles 
daughter  of  my  son  Robert  Eeles.  Annis  Eeles  my  son 
Robert's  widow.  William  Eeles  son  of  my  son  John  Eeles. 
John  Eeles  one  other  son  of  my  son  John  Eeles.  My 
daughter  Anne  Eeles  now  wife  of  my  son  John  Eeles. 
John  Grace  which  was  my  daughter  Capern's  son.  To  my 
old  servant  Maule.  Residuary  legatee  (my  late  husband's 
will  fulfilled)  and  executor,  my  son  John  Eeles.  Over- 
seers Thomas  Stevens  and  John  Stevens.  Witnesses 
Thomas  Stevens  his  mark,  John  Stevens.  Proved  5  Febru- 
ary 1640  by  son  John  executor. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Buckinghamshire,  Register  for  1640, 

folio   167. 

See  Will  of  Thomas  Hunt  of  Hitchendon,  Bucks,  dated 
.     Gabriel  Eles  an  overseer. 


Archdeaconry  Court  of  Buckinghamshire,  Register  for  1641, 

folio  40. 

See  Will  of  Elizabeth  Eovell  of  Easington  in  the  parish 
of  Chilton,  Bucks,  widow,  dated  24  June  1641.     To  John 
Eeles,  Thomas  Eeles,  Henry  Eeles  and  Agnes  Eales. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Buckinghamshire,  Register  for  1641, 

folio  54. 

Will  of  Thomas  Wytnell  als  Eles  of  borough  of  Chip- 
ing  Wicombe,  Co.  Bucks,  Inholder,  dated  23  December 
1643.  Thomas  Wytnell  als  Eles  lease  of  "Red  Lyon" 
&c.,  wife  Anne  to  have  use  till  he  is  22.  Son  Wytnell  als 
Eles.  Three  daughters  Ann,  Elizabeth  and  Sara  Witnell 
als  Eles.  Rest  to  wife  Ann  Wytnell  als  Eles,  executrix. 
Overseers  Mr.  John  Gibbons,  Mr.  Robert  Whitton,  Richard 
lyucas,  and  William  Davenport.  Witnesses  Robert  Whitton 
and  William  Davenport.  Proved  12  January  1643-4. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Buckinghamshire,  1643,  folio  44. 


28  THE  JOHN   EELIvS   FAMILY. 

Admon.  to  ?  Tho.  Lane  gent,  of  Hugenden  to  administer 
the  goods  of  Elizabeth  Eales Willi  Kales  als  Witt- 
nail,  f'ris  doe  Eliz.  def.  during  minority. 
Archdeaconry   Court    of    Buckinghamshire,    Admon.    Act 
Book  2,  1667, 

Admon.  to.  ..  .Lane  of  Hugenden  gent,  tutor  of  Wm.. 
Eales  son  of  Thomas  Eales  to  administer  goods  now  admin- 
istered by  Math  (?)  Archdale  &  Jo  : .  .  .  .during  minority, 
14  April  1673. 

DEVONSHIRE. 

Will  of  Peter  Eales  of  Manaton,  dated  4  June,  8  Charles  I. 
Wife  Anstice.  Son  Phillip's  children.  Daughter  Johan. 
Son  John  Eales.  John  Nosworthie.  Agnis  Comminge. 
Proved  9  July  1634. 

Inventory  £16-8-0. 

Principal  Registry  of  Bishop  of  Exeter,  filed  will. 

In  the  Archdeaconry  Court  of  Barnstaple. 

Will  of  John  Eales  of  Pilton.  Dated  5  Sept.,  14  Charles 
II.  John  Eales  of  Pilton  in  the  county  of  Devon,  Joyner, 
being  sicke  and  weake  in  body  but  of  good  and  perfect 
memory,  thanks  be  to  Almighty  God  and  calling  to  remem- 
brance the  uncertaine  estate  of  this  transitory  life  and  that 
all  must  yield  unto  death  when  it  shall  please  God  to  call, 
I  make  constitute,  ordaine  and  declare  this  my  last  will  and 
testament  revoking  and  annulling  bj^  these  presents  all  and 
every  testament  and  testaments  will  and  wills  heretofore  by 
me  made  and  declared  either  by  word  or  writing  and  this 
is  to  be  taken  only  for  my  last  will  and  testament  and  none 
other.  And  first  being  penitent  and  sorry  from  the  bottom 
of  my  heart  for  my  sinnes  past  most  humbly  desiring  for- 
giveness for  the  same  I  give  and  commit  my  soule  unto 
almighty  God  my  saviour  and  Redeemer  in  whom  by  the 
merritts  of  Jesus  Christ  I  trust  and  believe  assuredly  to  be 
saved  and  to  have  full  remission  and  forgiveness  of  all  my 
sins.     And  that  my  soule  with  my  bod}^  at  the  general  day 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  39 

of  resurrection  shall  arise  again  with  joy  and  through  the 
merits  of  Christ's  death  and  passion  possess  and  inherit  the 
kingdome  of  heaven  prepared  for  his  elect  and  chosen.  And 
my  body  to  be  buried  in  such  place  where  it  shall  please  my 
executrix  hereafter  named  to  appoint.  And  for  the  settling 
of  my  temporal  estate  and  such  goods  chattells  and  debts  as 
it  hath  pleased  God  far  above  my  deserte  to  bestow  on  me 
I  do  order  give  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  manner  and  form 
following  that  is  to  say — 

First  I  will  that  all  those  debts  or  duties  as  I  owe  in  right 
or  conscience  to  any  manner  of  person  or  persons  whatsoever 
shall  be  well  and  truely  contented  and  paid  within  con- 
venient time  after  my  decease  by  my  executrix,  hereinafter 
named.  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  John  and 
to  my  son  Samuel  i2d  a  peece.  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  daughter  Mar)^  wife  of  James  Fox  i2d.  Itm  I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Klizabeth  wife  of 
Henry  Horwood  i2d  to  be  paid  by  my  executrix  within 
twelve  months  and  a  day  after  my  decease.  Item  I  do  will 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  now  wife  Mary  immediately 
after  my  decease  all  and  singular  my  goods  chattels  and 
debts  whatsoever  to  have  and  enjoy  the  same  during  her 
natural  life  without  any  contradiction  to  her  only  use  and 
behoofe  and  I  do  make  her  my  executrix  of  this  my  last  will 
and  testament.  Item  I  will  that  my  said  wife  shall  either 
by  her  will  or  deede  or  otherwise  as  shee  shall  think  fitt 
after  my  decease  dispose  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said 
sons  and  daughters  all  such  my  goods  and  chattells  as  she 
shall  be  possessed  of  to  be  enjoyed  by  them  after  her  decease 
in  such  manner  and  form  as  she  shall  appoint  and  she  shall 
not  be  unduly  troubled  by  any  of  my  said  sons  and  daugh- 
ters during  her  natural  life  for  anything  concerning  my  said 
estate  besides  their  said  legacies  of  lad  a  peece. 

In  witnes  wherof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seale 

the  day  and  year  first  above  written  A.D.  1662. 

# 
John  Bales 

his  mark. 


30  THE  JOHN   EEI/LS  FAMILY. 

Written  on  parchment.  The  document  is  very  mouldy 
and  decayed  and  several  (unimportant)  words  are  illegible. 

Proved  1663  ^P (date  of  proof  illegible). 

Inventory  ^19-19-6.  Taken  27  Feb.  1662  by  Jos.  Amory 
&  Wm.  Cooke. 

(Is  this  the  will  of  John  Eells  of  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, father  of  Major  Samuel  Eells  of  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts? [F.  F.  S.]) 

Zachary  Bales  of  East  Ogwell  deceased,  administration 
granted  to  the  widow  Grace  23  Sept.  1631.  Bond  /'60, 
Grace  Eales  of  East  Ogwell,  widow,  Stephen  Crossing  of 
West  Ogwell,  Co.  Devon,  weaver,  dated  23  Sept.  1631. 

Inventory  of  Goods  &c.  of  Zacary  Eals  late  of  East  Ogwell, 
Co.  Devon,  healyer  dec'd,  taken  and  prysed  by  William 
Renell  and  Stephen  Crossing  13  Sept.  1631,  Total  ;^2 5-8-0. 
Exhibited  at  Exeter  23  Sept.  1631. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  Laurence  Eales  of  Aishberton,  Co.  Devon,  Cordi- 
ner,  dated  13  Aug.  161 2.  Body  to  parish  churchyard  of 
Aishberton.  Thomas  Dolbeare,  John  Dolbeare  and  Joan 
Dolbeare  sons  and  daughters  of  Edmond  Dolbeare  and 
Suzanna  Eales.  Joane  daughter  of  Thomas  Eales.  Chris- 
topher Whitewaye  son  of  Christopher  Whitewaye.  Agnes 
Jarman.  Henry  Jarman.  Agnes  Eales  one  Brass  Pan 
which  was  Ezechiell  Casselltons.  William  Eales.  Eliza- 
beth Jarman.  Mary  wife  of  Edmond  Dolbeare.  Margaret 
wife  of  Angell  Scobell.  Laurence  Knowling.  Margaret 
my  wife  for  lyfe.  Residue  to  Edmond  Dolbeare  and 
Thomas  Eales  executors.  Witnesses  John  Passe,  George 
Baron.     Will  proved  8  Dec.  161 2. 

Inventory  taken  by  Hy.  Whiteway,  Geo.  Baron,  Thomas 
Addiscott  &  Christopher  Whiteway  25  Aug.  161 2.  Total 
^41-3-0. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 


WILI.S   AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  31 

"Will  of  John  Eles  of  Saverton,  Co.  Devon,  dated  lo  Sept. 
1618.  Son  Thomas  Bales.  Daughter  Anne.  Daughter 
Jane.  Daughter  Isett.  Daughter  Joane.  John  Burns  two 
children.  Richard  Cook's  daughter.  Residue  to  wife  (not 
named)  sole  executor.  Overseers  Peter  Irish  of  Buckfast- 
leigh,  Ellisfford  of  Staverton.  Witnesses  Ellissfford,  Wal- 
ter Hempston.     Proved  30  Oct.  161 8. 

Inventory  taken  by  Peter  Irish,  EHisford  21  Sept.  1618. 
Exhibited  30  Oct.  161 8  by  executors.     Total  ^^i  09-1 0-0. 
Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  Annie  Eales  of  Staverton,  Co.  Devon,  widow, 
dated  20  Dec.  161 8.  Daughter  Jane.  Daughter  Anne. 
Isatte  wife  of  John  Burne.  Jone  wife  of  Richard  Cooke. 
Residue  to  son  Thomas  sole  executor.  Witnesses  Chris- 
topher Irishe,  Geo.  Hempston.     Will  proved  12  Feb.  1618. 

Inventory  taken  by  Peter  Irishe  and  John  Hurseman  10 
Feb.  1 61 8.  Total  ^55.  Exhibited  12  Feb.  161 8  by  exec- 
utors. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  Warren  Eales  of  Staverton,  Co.  Devon,  yeoman, 
dated  16  Feb.,  17  James.  Son  James  Eales.  Son  Thomas 
Eales  at  his  marriage.  Son  Edward  Eales  at  marriage. 
Son  Walter  Eales  at  marriage.  Daughter  Johane  wife  of 
William  Wotton  of  Rotterie.  Daughter  Jane  wife  of  John 
Symons  of  Brent.  Daughter  Mary  Eales  60  pounds  on  her 
day  of  marriage.  To  Christian  Wotton  daughter  of  William 
Wotton  aforesaid.  To  each  of  grandchildren.  Residue  to 
wife  Jane  sole  executrix.  Overseers  William  Wotton  & 
John  Symons.     Witnesses  Tho.  Caseley,  John  Lapthorne. 

Commission  from  Wm.  Helyar,  M.A.,  Clerk  of  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  Exon,  to  our  well  beloved  in  Christ  Mr. 
Martin  Keye  Vicar  of  Staverton  to  swear  Jane  Eales  relict 
and  executrix  of  the  Will  of  Warren  Eales  late  of  Staverton 
&c.  dec'dj  dated  26  Oct.  1621. 

Executed  per  me  Martin  Kaye  2  Nov.  1621.  Will  proved 
4  Nov.  1 62 1. 


32  THE  JOHN  EELLS  FAMILY. 

Inventory  taken  by  Tho:  I^ymbeare  and  John  Standon  of 
Staverton.      Total  ^391-10-4.      Exhibited   4  Nov.    1621. 
Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Phillip  Eales  of  Ashburton,  husbandman,  dec'd.  Admin- 
istration granted  20  Jan'y  1622  to  Ellery  Eales  widow. 
Bond  of  Ellery  Eales  widow  and  Thomas  Eales  of  Ashbur- 
ton, husbandman,  20  Jan'y  1622. 

Inventory  taken  by  John  Fors  of  Alison,  Nicholas  Harell, 
Christ:  ffarmothe,  /^lo-iyS. 

Exhibited  by  Mathew  Macey  in  name  of  executors  6 
Feb.  1623. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  Jane  Eales  of  Staverton,  Co.  Devon,  widow,  dated 
29  June  1629.  Son  James  Eales,  after  his  death  to  Warren 
son  of  James  Eales.  Son  Edward.  Son  Walter  ^'10  to  be 
paid  in  one  year  after  my  death  and  the  ;^30  which  was 
given  to  him  by  his  father.  Daughter  Joane.  Daughter 
Jane.  Christian  daughter  of  William  Wotton.  Jane  daugh- 
ter of  Walter  Eales.  All  of  my  children's  children.  Residue 
to  daughter  Marie  Eales  she  to  be  sole  executrix.  Over- 
seers Hugh  Wade  and  Nicholas  Irishe.  Witnesses  Hugh 
Wade,  Nicholas  Irishe,  Wm.  Wotton.  No  statement  of 
proof. 

Inventory  taken  by  John  Symons,  Hugh  Wade  and 
Edward  Eales  ^^227-7-0  12  Feb.  1629. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

James  Eales  of  Staverton,  Co.  Devon,  dec'd.  Administra- 
tion granted  to  John  Abraham,  2  March  1629.  Bond,  John 
Abraham  of  Staverton,  Co.  Devon,  yeoman,  Elliott  Abra- 
ham of  Abbots  Kerswell,  Co.  Devon,  yeoman  and  John 
Voysey  of  Abbots  Kerswell,  yeoman.  ^^200.  Dated  2 
March,  1629.     Witness  Richard  Staplehill  Reg'. 

Renunciation  of  Margaret  Eales  of  Staverton,  widow  of 
James  Eales  dec'd,  in  favor  of  John  Abraham  who  stands 
engaged  in  divers  great  sums  of  money  as  surety  for  the 


WILLS   AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  33 

said  James  Bales  dec' d.     Dated  March  i,  1629.     Witnesses 
Will:  Rowe,  Ri:  Preston,  Tho  :  Ivymbeare. 

Inventory  taken  by  Ri:  Preston,  Tho:  Lymbeare  and 
Hugh  Wade,  8  March  1629,  ^59-8-4. 

Exhibited  16  March  1629  by  Administrator. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

William  Eales  of  Ashburton,  Co.  Devon,  administration 
granted  i  June  1641  to  relict  Joane. 

Bond  ;^ioo.  Joane  Eales  of  Ashburton,  Co.  Devon, 
widow,  John  Skreetch  of  same.  Textorum.  Witness  Guil. 
Skitt.     No  inventory. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  John  Eales  of  Aishburton  in  Co.  Devon,  cord- 
winer.  John  Eales  and  Samuel  Eales  my  sons,  Joane  Eales 
and  Dennis  Eales  my  daughters  ^10  yearly  out  of  the 
messuage  which  I  hold  of  Sir  Richard  Strode,  Knight,  by 
lease  for  99  years  or  for  the  lives  of  Joane  my  wife  Thomas 
my  son  and  Phillip  son  of  William  Michelmore  of  Buck- 
fastleigh  during  the  whole  term  of  twelve  years  hence  next. 
To  my  said  children  all  interest  in  Steere  Wood  and  after 
their  death  to  my  executors.  Joane  my  wife  all  my  right 
in  the  house  and  pounds  granted  in  lease  by  John  Hynes  for 
years  determinable  in  the  deaths  of  Mary,  Susan  and 
Dorothy  my  sisters  and  after  my  wife's  decease  to  my  four 
younger  children.  To  Joane  Eales  my  wife  all  the  remainder 
of  the  estate  granted  unto  me  by  Mary  my  sister  in  one 
messuage  and  one  tenement  garden  in  East  St.,  Ashbur- 
ton, and  all  the  houses  and  ground  granted  unto  me  by  Sir 
Richard  Strode  for  term  of  twelve  years  after  my  decease 
and  after  the  expiration  of  said  term  I  bequeath  to  my 
wife  the  houses  wherein  Thomas  Lane  now  dwelleth.  To 
Thomas  Eales  my  'son  the  houses  wherein  I  now  dwell  and 
the  meadow  called  Leaner  and  the  house  wherein  Thomas 
Lane  now  dwelleth  after  my  wife's  decease.  Residue  to 
my  wife  and  son  Thomas  whom  I  make  executors.  My 
loving  friends  Samuel  Tidball,  gent.,  William  Mickelmore, 


34  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS  FAMILY. 

yeoman,  and  Ric.  Knowlings  to  be  guardians  of  children 
and  overseers  of  will.     Dated  lo  April  1656. 

Witnesses  Wm.  Mickelmore  and  Sampson  Jerman. 
Proved  in  Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter,  27 
August  1 66 1  by  Jone  the  relict  and  Thomas  the  son  exec- 
utors. 

On  a  slip  of  paper. 

Aishburton  Parish.  Thomas  the  son  of  John  Eales  was 
baptized  the  i8th  July  1644.    Ex.  per.  me  Will.  Dench  Reg". 

Inventory  prized  5  May  1656  by  John  Dound,  Peter 
Manne  and  Sampson  Jerman,  ^83 — 7-0.  Exhibited  27 
Aug.  1 66 1  by  the  executors. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  William  Eales  of  Ashburton,  Devon,  husband- 
man, dated   10  January,   12  Charles  II.     Wife .     Son 

William.  Son  John  Eales.  Daughter  Mar)^  Fursse.  Daugh- 
ter Iseto  Maning.  Daughter  Agnes  Aetkins.  Daughter 
Eling.  Apprentice  Richard  Rendell.  Residue  to  my  son 
Philip  whom  I  make  my  whole  executor.  Witnesses  Wil- 
liam Dugdaile,  John  Eales. 

Proved  in  Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter,  30 
Aug.  1 66 1  by  Philip  the  son  and  executor. 

Inventory  by  Henry  Cole,  David  Maneing  and  William 
Dugdaile  27  Feb.  1 660-1,  ^^35-1 5-3.  Exhibited  30  Aug. 
1 66 1  by  Phillip  Eales  the  son. 

Bond  of  William  Eales  of  Ashberton,  Co.  Devon,  hus- 
bandman and  Robert  Johns  of  same,  weaver,  20  Feb.  1662. 
The  condition  of  this  bond  is  that  the  above  bounden  Wil- 
liam Eales  being  the  administrator  of  the  goods  of  William 
Eale»  his  father  not  administered  by  Phillip  his  son  and 
executor  late  of  Ashberton  to  well  and  truly  administer. 
Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  Isott  Eales  of  Aishburton,  Co.  Devon,  widow, 
dated  8  Dec.  1662.  Son  John  Eales  my  half  of  messuages 
and  lands  in  Aishburton  bequeathed  unto  Margeret  Cole 
my  sister  and  unto  me  the  said  Isott  equally  by  Marion 


WILLS   AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  35 

Bond  our  mother.  Agnes  Atkins  my  daughter.  Mary 
Furse  my  daughter.  William  Bales,  Phillip  Eales,  Isott 
and  Hellen  Eales  my  sons  and  daughters.  Residue  to  John 
Eales  my  son  whom  I  make  sole  executor. 

Witnesses  Thomas  Eales,  Jane  Bowden  and  Mary  King- 
ston. Proved  in  Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter 
by  John  the  son  and  executor  15  Dec.  1662. 

20  March  1662.  Administration  of  goods  of  Isott  ^ales, 
widow,  late  of  Ashburton,  not  administered  by  John  Eales 
her  son  and  executor,  granted  to  Mary  Eales  the  relict  and 
executrix  of  said  John. 

Bond  of  Mary  Eales  of  Ashburton  widow,  Thomas  Kelley 
of  same  and  Bart.  Kelley. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  John  Eales  of  the  Parish  of  Aishberton  in  Co. 
Devon,  husbandman,  dated  9  Feb.  1662.  Uncle  Thomas 
Eales.  Joane  Avery  daughter  of  Richard  Avery.  David 
Manning  the  younger.  If  my  wife  Mary  Eales  be  with 
child  I  give  unto  her  all  my  messuages  for  term  of  her  life 
which  I  have  in  Aishberton.  But  if  she  be  not  with  child 
then  she,  Mary  my  wife,  to  have  all  said  messuages  for 
99  years.  Wife  Mary  executrix.  Witnesses  Thomas 
Lang,  Henry  Hole,  Mark  Hole,  Ric.  Pope,  Alex.  Pope 
and  W.  Nichollas.  Proved  in  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter, 
18  Feb.  1662,  by  Mary  the  relict  and  executrix. 

Receipt  by  Mary  the  relict  for  the  original  will  i  April 
1664. 

Inventory  by  Francis  Hole  and  Thomas  Salter  17  Feb. 
1662,  ^14-2-0. 

Exhibited  18  Feb.  1662  by  Mary  the  relict.     • 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  Thomas  Eales  of  Aishberton,  Co.  Devon,  cordiner, 
dated  9  Jan.,  20  Chas.,  A.D.  1644.  John  Dound  and  Wil- 
liam Mutchamoore  my  sons-in-law.  To  every  one  of  my 
grandchildren.  Katherine  my  wife.  Each  of  my  daugh- 
ters.    Rest  of  my  goods  unto  my  son  John  Eales  whom 


36  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS  FAMILY. 

I  do  make  my  whole   executor.     Said    sons-in-law   to   be 
overseers.     Witnesses  John  Barons,  Christ  Luce. 

Bond  of  Thomas  Eales  of  Ashberton,  Co.  Devon, 
wostedamer  and  Joan  Eales  of  same,  widow. 

19  June  1666.     Administration  with  the  will  annexed 
granted  to  Thomas  Eales  the  grandchild  of  testator. 
Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

30  October  1690.  Administration  of  goods  of  John  Eales 
of  Staverton,  to  Margery  the  relict.  Bond  of  Margery 
Eales.  Inventory  by  Ric.  Preston  and  Thomas  Symons, 
yeomen,  17  January  1689,  ^^39-4-0. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  Mary  Elles  of  CuUeton,  widow,  dated  3  March 
1677.  Son-in-law  John  Elles  of  Exon.  Son-in-law  Rich- 
ard Stedam  and  to  his  wife  my  daughter-in-law.  Richard 
Stedam's  son  and  his  daughter.  My  cousin  Ann  Wheler. 
Rest  of  my  goods  to  Ann  Elles  my  daughter  whom  I  make 
my  executrix.  Witnesses  Ric.  Sampson,  Ric.  Stedam. 
Proved  in  the  Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter,  10 
June  1 69 1,  by  Ann  Elles  the  daughter. 

Inventory  by  John  Wicker  and  Nicholas  Sampson  29 
Sept.  1690,  ^22-17-10. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

I  March  1695.  Administration  of  goods  of  William  Eales 
of  Ashburton  by  W^illiam  Eales  the  father.  Bond  of  Wil- 
liam Eales  of  Ashburton,  yeoman,  and  Joseph  Eales, 
clothier. 

Court  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Exeter. 

Will  of  William  Yeales  of  Bury  Pomeroy,  dated  13 
Jan'y  1614.  Father  Henry  Yeales  of  Colebrooke.  Ellis 
Ballam  of  Colebrooke.  Robartt  Yeales  my  brother.  Chris- 
topher Yeales  my  brother.  Symon  Yeales  my  brother. 
Alse  Yeales  my  sister.  Henry  Tracye  son  of  Thomas 
Tracye  of  Bury  Pomeroy.  Joane  Tracye  daughter  of  the 
said  Thomas.     Walter  Tracye  son  of  the   said   Thomas. 


WILLS  AND  ADMINISTRATIONS.  37 

Tamsyn  Tracye  daughter  of  said  Thomas.  Thomas  Myller 
of  Bury  Pomeroy.  John  Myller  of  Bury  Pomeroy  and  his 
wife  Joane  Myller.  Residue  to  Thomas  Tracye  of  Bury 
Pomeroy,  whole  executor.  Witnesses  Tho.  Myller,  Geo. 
Stake.     Will  proved  7  July  161 5. 

Inventory  of  William  Yeales  late  of  parish  of  Coulbrooke, 
praysed  by  Tho.  Miller  and  Rt.  Haines,  2  March  1614, 
£2'].     Exhibited  7  July  161 5. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Totnes. 

Thomas  Bales  of  Ilsington,  administration  granted  to 
Joane  lyuscombe  alias  Eales  his  sister,  14  Sept.  1626. 

Bond  £2f>-  William  lyuscombe  of  Ilsington,  Co.  Devon, 
John  Leate  of  same,  weaver,  dated  14  Sept.  1626.  Witness 
Hugh  Sweete. 

Inventory  of  goods  etc.  of  Thomas  Eales  late  of  Ilsing- 
ton, husbandman,  dec'd,  by  Paschaw  Strangcombe  the 
elder,  William  Eeate  and  John  Leate  2  Aug.  1626,  ;^i3- 
18-6.  Exhibited  14  Sept.  1626  by  Joane  I^uscombe  sister 
and  administrator  of  dec'd. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Totnes. 

Will  of  Thomas  Eales  of  Dartington,  Co.  Devon, 
clothier,  dated  25  Feb.,  2  Charles.  (1627).  Warren  Eales 
my  brother.     James  Eales  his  son.     Children  of  my  sister 

Joane  the  wife  of  William  Wotton.     Richard  P 

....  of  Dartington.  Wife  Jane  sole  executrix.  Over- 
seers Uncles  John  Trist  of  Harberton  and  Henry  Howse 
of  same  parish.  Witnesses  Joan  Trust,  Nicklas  Browse, 
Henry  Howse.     Proved  14  Sept.  1627. 

Inventory  of  goods  of  Tho.  Eales  late  of  Dartington,  Co. 
Devon,    clothier,    dec'd.      Prised   by    Rot.    Stidson,    John 
Tryste,     Nicholas     Evelynge,     ^27-8-0.      Exhibited     14 
Sept.  1627,  per  ffloram  Beard  relict  and  executrix. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Totnes. 

Will  of  Joan  Eales  of  Brodhempston,  dated  28  Nov.  1625. 
Anne  Smerdon  daughter  of  Robert  Smerdon.     Mary  Smer- 


38  THE  JOHN  EELIvS   FAMILY. 

don  daughter  of  Robert  Smerdon.  Rest  of  my  children's 
children.  Residue  to  Robert  Smerdon  executor.  Wit- 
nesses Richard  Smerdon,  Richard  Hamhyng.  Will  proved 
14  March  1627. 

Inventory  of  goods  etc.  of  Johanne  EHes  of  Brodhempton 
etc.  who  died  the  10  day  of  Dec.    1627   (?),  taken  by  Ri  : 
Smerdon,    and    Ri :    Mayne    14   March    1627,    ^15-14-8. 
Exhibited  14  March  1627  per  Robert  Smerdon  executor. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Totnes. 

Will  of  Thomas  Bales  of  Buckfastligh,  Co.  Devon,  the 
elder,  dated  30  Oct.  1623.  Thomas  Eyles  my  son.  Mary 
Tape  my  eldest  daughter.  Alse  Eyles  my  second  daughter. 
To  each  of  the  rest  of  my  children  when  they  come  to 
lawful  age.  Grace  Eyles  my  sister.  To  each  of  my  brother 
Alexander  Eyles  his  children.  To  ffrancis  Doddridg's 
children.  Residue  to  wife  leliane  Eyles  sole  executor. 
Published  in  presence  of  Walter  Chafe,  Francis  Doddridge 
and  my  overseers  shall  be  John  Canutar  and  Walter  Chafe. 
Proved  11  Sept.  1629. 

Inventory  of  goods  etc.  of  Thomas  Eyls  dec'd  by  Hugh 
Pope  and  Walter  Chafe  12  Feb.  1628,  ^^i 8-1 3-7.  A  copy 
of  same  will  enclosed  named  Tho.  Yealls  wrongly  dated 
1629  and  no  witnesses  named. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Totnes. 

Will  of  Peter  Ealles  of  Northbovie,  dated  i  Aug.,  6  Chas. 
I,  1630.  Daughter  Joane  Ealles  all  my  right  that  I  have  in 
one  Tenement  called  Healle  wherein  one  William  Croutt 
now  dwelleth  lying  in  Northbovie.  Mary  Ealles  my  daugh- 
ter. Elizabeth  Ealles  my  daughter.  Residue  to  my  wife 
Johan,  sole  executrix.  Rulers  John  Graye,  William  f&oud, 
my  fathers-in-law  and  John  Tapper  of  Combe.  Will 
proved  11  Sept.  1630. 

Inventory  taken  7   September   1630  by  John   Gray  the 
elder,  Wm.  ffloud  the  elder  and  John  Tapper.     Total  ;^54- 
3-2.     Exhibited  11  Sept.  1630  by  relict  Joan. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Totnes. 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  39 

Will  of  John  Bales  of  Northbovey,  dated  28  Dec.  1633. 
Eldest  son  John  Bales.  Son  William  Bales.  Daughter  Wil- 
mote  Vogwill.  Grandchild  Jane,  daughter  of  said  Wilmote. 
Residue  to  youngest  son  Andrew  Bales  whole  executor. 
Witnesses  John  Nosworthy,  John  Nosworthy,  Jr.  Proved 
at  Newton  Abbot  per  Andrew  Bales  son  and  executor  19 

Dec.  1635. 

Inventory  of  goods  etc.  of  John  Bales  of  parish  of  North- 
bovie,  Co.  Devon,  prised  5  Nov.  1635  by  John  Gray, 'John 
Nosworthy  and  Oliver  Casleigh. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Totnes. 

HERTFORDSHIRE. 
Will  of  Robert  Bles,  of  Colsell,  Co.  Hertforde,  dated  2 
August  161 2.  To  daughter  Sara  toward  the  making  up  of 
her  portion  all  my  freehold  lands  for  four  years,  also  ^33 
which  my  brother  William  Bles  oweth  me  in  case  he  pay 
the  same  for  redemption  of  Chester  piece  and  to  that  end  I 
have  assigned  over  to  my  said  daughter  all  my  estate  in 
the  said  Chester  piece.  Residuary  legatee  and  executor, 
Thomas  Bles  my  son.  Overseers  friends  John  Hunt  of 
Woodrowe  and  Giles  Wattkins  of  (Agmondesham?).  If  I 
die  before  my  son  be  of  age,  then  I  ordain  them,  the  said 
John  Hunt  and  Giles  Watkins,  my  executors.  Witnesses 
Christopher  Carter,  Richard  Feild,  Thomas  Darrante. 
Proved  9  Oct.  161 2  by  John  Hunt,  during  minor  estate 
Thomas  Bles  etc. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Buckinghamshire,  Register  for 
1611-12,  folio  104. 

Will  of  Roger  Beles  of  parish  of  Basendon,  Co.  Hertford, 
yeoman,  dated  23  August,  15  James.  Wife  Bridget.  Son 
William  Beles  when  21.  Son  Nathaniell  when  21.  Son 
Blisaye  when  2 1 .  Daughter  Anne  when  2 1 .  Wife  Bridget 
for  life,  paying  son  John  40s.  a  year  when  21.  Remainder 
to  son  John.  Residuary  legatee  and  executrix  wife  Bridget. 
Overseers  brother-in-law  Nathaniell  Axtell  and  cousin  John 


40  THE  JOHN  EELI.S  FAMILY. 

Eeles.     Witnesses  W.  Wayte,  Thomas  Searancke  and  John 
Hill.     Proved  17  January  161 7  by  executrix. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Huntingdon,  Hitchin  division, 
Register  5,  folio  146. 

Will  of  Bridget  Eyles,  Essenden,  county  Hertford,  widow, 
dated  23  October  1624.  Son  John.  Son  William.  Son 
Nathaniell.  Brother-in-law  William  Hille.  Son  Elisha. 
Daughter  Agnes,  Henry  Whitt.  Daughter  Agnes  exec- 
utrix. Overplus  to  three  youngest  sons  and  daughter  Agnes. 
Witnesses  Joseph  Becke,  CI.,  Henry  Dudley,  Henry  Whit. 

Inventory  29  November  1624  by  Thomas  Nash,  George 
Barley,  Edward  Nash  and  Robert  Potter,  ;!^37-i7-4.  List 
of  debts. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Huntingdon,  Hitchin  division, 
filed  wills  for  1624. 

Will  of  John  Eiles,  Harmer  Greene,  5^eoman,  dated  9  May, 
1642.  To  be  buried  at  Weller.  Wife  Anne  and  son  Thomas 
lease  at  Harmer  Greene  of  Mr.  Hales  land.  Daughter  Ann 
at  22,  if  married  with  consent  of  mother  or  after  of  her 
uncle  William  Tyler  of  Whethamsted  and  William  Kentish 
of  Burston  the  elder,  if  not  to  her  brother  Thomas  and 
sister  Roase.  Younger  daughter  Roase.  Poor  of  parish  of 
Weller  where  I  live.  If  Thomas  die  unmarried,  to  Ann 
and  Rose.  Wife  Anne  and  son  Thomas  executors.  Wit- 
nesses John  Hale,  John  Vartla,  John  Casse.  Proved  3 
June  1642. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Huntingdon,  Hitchin  division,  filed 
wills  for  1642,  old  number  35. 

Will  of  William  Eles,  St.  Peter's,  county  Hertford,  hus- 
bandman, dated  18  December  1641.  Brother  John  Eles. 
Sister  Anne  Whit  and  her  children  at  2 1 .  Fellow  servant 
Susan  Staffe.  Brother  Nathaniel  Eles  all  my  land  in 
Easenden.  Rest  to  brother  Nathaniel  Eles  executor.  Wit- 
nesses William  Harding,  Joseph  Hyne,  Philippe  Axtell. 
Proved  26  March  1642. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  St.  Albans,  filed  wills  for  1642. 


WILLS   AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  41 

Will  of  Thomas  Eeles  of  Coleshill,  Co.  Hertford,  yeoman, 
dated  14  February,  ig  Chas.  I.  Joane  my  wife.  Son 
Thomas  at  2 1 .  If  my  son  die  before  age  then  my  wife  to 
possess  lands,  &c.,  for  a  term  of  40  years  after  his  death, 
she  paying  to  my  sister  Sarah  Beninge  out  of  the  same  ^4 
yearly  and  after  end  of  said  40  years  or  death  of  my  wife, 
said  land  to  remain  to  the  children  of  my  said  sister 
Sarah  Beninge.  To  poor  of  Agmondsham.  Executor  son 
Thomas.  Overseers  Edmund  Ball  and  Paul  Ives  my 
friends.  Witnesses  Paul  Ives,  Paul  Lynd,  senior. 
Memorandum.  My  sister  Sarah  her  three  children  now 
living.     Witnesses  as  above. 

20   June    1644.     Administration   granted  to  Joanne  Eles, 
relict,  Thomas  Eeles,  junior,  son  and  executor  named  dying. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Buckinghamshire,  Register  for 
1644,  folio  II. 

HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 

Will  of  Rob.  Eles  of  Yaxley,  dated  10  December  1556. 
To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Yaxley.  Residue  to 
Alice  Eles  my  wife  and  Rob.  Eles  my  son  and  Elizabeth 
Eles  my  daughter.  Alice  my  wife  and  Rob.  my  son  exec- 
utors. Tho.  Clapwell  and  Rob.  Beatryche  supervisors. 
Witnesses  Ri.  Duiie,  Vicar,  Rob.  Cowper,  Jno.  Homes. 
Proved  12  May  1557  at  Stilton. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Huntingdon,  Huntingdon  division, 
book  II,  folio  85. 

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 

Will  of  John  Eals  town  of  Maidwell,  Co.  Northampton, 
husbandman,  dated  last  day  of  July  1588.  To  be  buried  in 
Maidwell  churchyard.  Daughter  Jone.  Daughters  Alice 
&  Margery  their  part  at  24  or  marriage  with  consent  of  my 
wife  Constance,  my  father  Nicholas  Eales  &  my  brother 
Edmund  &c.  Son  Nicholas  to  enter  on  lands  in  Elson.  If 
Nicholas  die  to  son  John,  then  to  son  Richard.     To  son 


42  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

Richard  land  in  Byfield  North  Hants  at  15.  If  Richard  die, 
to  John.  Executors  wife  Constance  and  son  John,  they 
to  have  lease  of  farm  of  Maid  well.  Supervisors  brother 
Nicholas,  and  brother  Basely.  Witnesses  Nicholas  Bales, 
William  Basely,  William  Kirke.  Proved  8  January  1588. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Northampton,  ist  series,  Register  5 
(1578-1589),  folio  10. 

Will  of  Thomas  Bale  of  Wilbarston,  Northants,  laborer, 
dated  22  November  1600.  Francis  Bale  my  eldest  son. 
Residue  of  the  portion  I  promised  unto  him  at  the  day  of  his 
marriage  to  be  paid  him  within  three  years  of  the  day  of 
his  marriage  with  Anne  Silbye.  Roger  Bale  and  James 
Bale  my  two  youngest  sons  when  2 1 .  Dorothie  Bale  and 
Anne  Bale  my  two  daughters  when  21  or  marriage.  Resi- 
due to  wife,  she  executrix.  Henry  Moore  of  Midleton  and 
Ri.  Bullivante  supervisors.  Witnesses  Rafe  Silbye,  Ri. 
Bullivant,  Francis  Bale.  Proved  10  March  1600-01. 
Consistorj^  Court  of  Peterborough,  book  7,  folio  150. 

OXFORDSHIRE. 

Will  of  Sislye  Yeales,  L^eafield,  Oxon,  singlewoman,  dated 
15  April  1680.  Sister  Joye  Booton.  Kinswoman  Joy  Boo- 
ton.  Kinsman  young  John  Yeales.  Kinswoman  Elizabeth 
Yeales,  daughter  of  Robert  Yeales.  Kinswoman  Jane,  wife 
of  George  Prattey.  Sister-in-law  Jane  Yeales.  Cousin 
Jone  Yeales.  Cousin  Edward  Yeales.  Sarah  Yeales,  daugh- 
ter of  cousin  Thomas  Yeales.  Cousin  Thomas  Yeales  son 
ditto.  Sister  Borton.  Sister  Joane  her  four  children. 
Witnesses  John  Harris,  Robert  Giles,  William  Coley.  Rest 
to  cousin  John  Yeales  children,  executor.  Proved  27 
April  1680. 

Oxford  Wills,  Register  A  (i 677-1 685),  folio  188. 

Will  of  John  Yeales,  Leafield,  Oxon,  husbandman,  dated 
19  January  1678-9.  To  be  buried  in  church  of  Shipton 
under  Whichwood.     (Grand) daughter  Jane  daughter  of  my 


WILLS  AND  ADMINISTRATIONS.  43 

son  Thomas  Yeales.  Son-in-law  Henry  Beckwith.  Rest  to 
daughter  Cecily  Yeales  executrix.  Overseers  John  Harris 
and  James  Rawlins.  Witnesses  Rd.  Colman,  John  Shayler. 
Proved  27  April  1680. 

Oxford  Wills,  Register  A  (1677-1685),  folio  190-200. 

Will  of  Margaret  Yeales,  Ramsden,  Shipton  under  Which- 
wood,  Co.  Oxon,  singlewoman,  dated  8  January  1690.  To 
sister  Mary  Moyger.  Kinsman  Robert  Moyger.  Rest  to 
sister  Jane  Yeales  executrix.  Witnesses  Thomas  Sommersly, 
Martha  Brand,  Will  Coley,  Proved  11  March  1696-7. 
Oxford  Wills,  Register  B  (1686-1696),  folio  312. 

The  following  are  references  to  administrations,  wills  &c. 
in  the  County  of  Oxford  of  which  abstracts  have  not  been 
made  for  this  search. 

William  Eyles  of  Thame,  administration,  29  May  1562, 
series  i,  vol.  7,  page  87. 

William  Bales  of  Drayton,  will  and  inventory,  29  April 
1595,  series  i,  vol.  13,  page  loi. 

Henrye  Yeles  of  Broughton,  miller,  27  Sept.  1597,  series 
I,  vol.  13,  page  258. 

Richard  Eeles  of  Henley,  26  Sept.  1665,  Caveat  book, 
folio  27. 

Thomas  Eeles,  Henley  on  Thames,  victualer  and  yeo- 
man, administration,  inventory  and  account,  23  Oct.  1669, 
Act  book  B,  folio  152. 

Edward  Yeales  of  lycmfield,  parish  of  Shipton,  husband- 
man, will  and  inventory,  5  April  1627. 

Consistory  Court  of  Oxford,  filed  wills. 

The  following  are  among  the  records  of  the  Oxford 
Peculiars. 

William  Eeles,  senior  of  Thame,  bond  and  inventory,  10 
Oct.  1662. 

William  Eeles,  senior  of  New  Thame,  glasier,  bond  and 
inventory,  14  June  1683. 

Joan  Eeles  of  Prestland,  parish  of  Thame,  spinster,  will 
dated  24  Dec.  1694,  inventory,  12  Jan.  1694. 


44  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

William  Eeles,  senior  of  New  Thame,  glasier,  will,  29 
Feb.  1699. 

SURREY. 

Will  of  William  Eayles,  East  Mowlsey,  Co.  Surrey,  yeo- 
man, dated  8  Aug.  16 10.  Eldest  son  Thomas  Eayles  exec- 
utor. Daughter  Alice  Eayles.  Rest  to  children  equally. 
Overseers  John  Worman  &  Cuthbert  Hutchinson.  Wit- 
nesses John  Beast,  Wm.  Evans,  Baldwin  Parker.  Proved 
20  Aug.  1610. 
Archdeaconry  Court  of  Surrey,  Register  Berry,  folio  125. 

Will  of  Thomas  Eeles  of  Horsell,  Co.  Surrey,  husband- 
man, dated ,     To  be  buried  in  Horsell  churchyard.     To 

Katherine  leles  my  daughter  ^8  if  any  of  her  friends  will 
take  her  to  keep  to  be  paid  at  Michaelmas  and  if  not  at 
twenty  years  of  age.  Mary  my  daughter.  To  my  child  my 
wife  goeth  with  40s.  to  be  paid  them  at  twenty.  Residuary 
legatee  and  executrix  Elizabeth  my  wife.  Overseers 
John  Eeles  of  Woking  and  John  Loveland  of  Worplesdon. 
Witnesses  John  Goringe,  William  Ireland,  Richard  Houl- 
ington.  Proved  17  April  1617,  by  Elizabeth,  relict  and 
executrix. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Surrey,  Register  Stoughton, 
folio  250. 

Will  of  William  Hildar  als  Eles  of  Ashted,  Co.  Surrey, 
husbandman,  dated  26  February  161 6.  I  give  to  John  Hil- 
der,  Annis  Hilder,  Joane  Hilder  the  rent  of  my  house  land 
in  Ashted  till  my  son  William  shall  be  21  years  of  age. 
John  Hilder  to  have  rent  of  cottage  till  my  son  William 
Hilder  be  21.  Residuary  legatees  and  executors,  John, 
Annis,  and  Joane  Hilder.  Overseers  John  Melsham  of  Cob- 
ham  and  John  Cooke  of  Ashted.  Witnesses  John  Melsham, 
John  Cooke  and  Jane  Arow.  Proved  25  July  161 7,  by 
Joane  Hilder  one  of  the  executors  named  with  power 
reserved  &c. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Surrey,  Register  Stoughton, 
folio   261. 


WILLS  AND   ADMINISTRATIONS.  45 

Nuncupative  will  of  John  Eeles  als  Hilder,  late  of  Ewell, 
Co.  Surrey,  bachelor,  died  at  Ashted  29  March  1645. 
Sister  Anne  and  the  widow  that  is  my  wife  before  God. 
Residuary  legatee  my  brother  William  Eeles.  Sister 
Ryley.     Witnesses  William  Bradley,  Nicholas  Basdmore. 

13  May  1645  commission  to  William  Eeles  als  Hilder 
brother  of  deceased  and  principal  legatee. 

Archdeaconry  Court  of  Surrey,  Register  Harding, 
folio  401. 

WARWICKSHIRE. 

Will  of  William  Eales  of  Flecknowe,  dated  22  April  1593. 
To  be  buried  in  churchyard  of  Woolfehampcoate.  Indebted 
to  Richard  Peele,  and  to  my  brother  Thomas  Wilkins  and 
to  Thomas  Hickline  and  to  John  Eales  and  to  Henry  Eales. 
Son  Henry  Eales.  Son  John  Eales.  My  daughter  Bridgett 
Eales.  Owe  to  Thomas  Goode  the  younger.  Residue  to 
wife  Agnes  Eales  &  to  be  executor.  No  witnesses. 
Proved  12  Nov.  1594. 

Inventory  of  William  Eales  of  Flecknoe  taken  11  May 
1593  by  Edward  Brooke,  gent.,  John  Tomkins,  Richard 
Tomkins  &  Wm.  Shaleswed,  ;,^2o-6s-2d. 

Coventry  and  Lichfield,  filed  wills.  Bundle  for  1594. 

Will  of  Richard  Ealse  of  Brandon  in  parish  of  Wolston, 
Co.  Warwick,  husbandman,  dated  4  Aug.  1598.  To  be 
buried  in  Wolston  churchj^ard.  Son  Richard  Ealse.  Wife 
Margaret  Ealse.  Son  Roger  Ealse.  Son  Thomas  Ealse. 
Daughter. .  .  .  Ealse.  Sons  John  Eales  and  William  Eales 
my  overseers.  Residue  to  wife  Margaret  and  she  to  be 
executrix.  Witnesses  John  Elles,  Edmund  Barber,  Thomas 
Eayeworth,  William  Ealse.  Proved  15  June  1599. 
Coventry  &  Lichfield,  filed  wills,  Bundle  for  1597. 

Will  of  Anthony  Eales  of  Eillington  in  Co.  of  Warwick, 
sheppard,  dated  22  January  1 599-1 600.  To  poor  of  Eilling- 
ton  &  Cubbington.  To  Margery  Butler  daughter  of  John 
Butler.      Margery  Robins   daughter  of   Humfrey  Robins. 


46  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS   FAMILY. 

Three  other  children  of  Humfrey  Robins.  Widow  Blake. 
Alice  Kales  widow  (my  mother) .  Katherine  Bales  daughter 
of  my  brother  Thomas  Bales  deceased.  Dorothy  Pilking- 
ton,  Alice  Pilkington  and  Johan  Pilkington  daughters  of 
John  Pilkington,  silkweaver,  my  brother,  at  20  or  day  of 
marriage.  Residue  to  John  Pilkington,  silkman,  my  brother- 
in-law  and  to  be  executor.  Overseers  Mr.  Thomas  Graven 
of  city  of  Coventry,  Alderman,  and  Nicholas  Chambers  of 
said  city,  scrivener.  Witnesses  Thomas  Gravener,  John 
Rop,  Steven  Moy,  Nicholas  Chambers,  scr.  Proved  at  L,ich- 
field  20  Sept.  1605. 

Inventory  of  Anthony  Byles  late  of  city  of  Coventry,  8 
May  1606,  by  Robert  Mason,  joyner,  and  Thomas  Shrawley, 
taylor. 

Coventry  and  Lichfield,  filed  wills,  Bundle  for  1605. 

Will  of  Katherine  By  ales  late  of  Lodbrooke  but  now  of 
Lyllington,  Co.  Warwick,  widow,  dated  10  October  161 3. 
To  be  buried  in  churchyard  of  Lyllington.  Mr.  Fossell 
minister  of  Lodbrooke.  Son  James  40s.  in  hands  of 
Richard   Savadge  of   Kington   to   be    distributed   by   said 

James   to   his   children.      Alice   Browne.      Cycelie 

Joane  Basford  of  Lodbrook.  To  Thomas  Gloove  of  Lyl- 
lington.  Susan  Nicoldes.  Residue  to  John  Wellso  of  Lyl- 
lington,  husbandman,  and  he  to  be  executor.  Overseers  Mr. 
Thomas  Forsett  of  Lodbrooke.  Witnesses  Thomas  Mayne  of 
Lyllington ,  John  Nicolls  of  Lyllington .  Proved  2 3  Nov.  1 6 1 3 . 

Inventory,  / 18-5-4,    12   Oct.   161 3,    by  Thos.  Forsett, 

Thomas  Mayne,  Roger  Tibbies,  Thomas ,  William  Bell. 

Coventry  and  Lichfield,  filed  wills.  Bundle  for  1613. 

Nuncupative  will,  John  Beles  of  Streetaston,  Co.  War- 
wick, shoomaker,  dated  28  Aug.  1632.  Wife  Jane  Beles  to 
be  executrix  and  to  bring  up  children.  If  that  child  which 
is  at  London  be  not  provided  for  by  those  with  whom  it 
now  dwelleth  then  said  child  to  have  a  portion  equally 
with  the  other  children  and  if  said  child  be  provided  for 
by  those  friends  then  to  have  something  out  of  my  goods 


WILLS  AND  ADMINISTRATIONS.  47 

at  discretion  of  my  wife  and  friends.  Witnesses  Richard 
Stapleton,  Basell  Gibsonn. 

Memo.  Jane  Eeles  and  friends  think  the  four  children  of 
said  John  Eeles  should  have  £/\.  each  and  the  child  at  Lon- 
don if  provided  for  but  20s.  Signed  Jane  Eeles,  Richard 
Stapleton,  Basell  Gibsonn,  William  Laughan.  Proved  29 
Aug.  1632  at  Coventry. 

Inventory  John  Eeles  of  Streetaston,  ^46,  24  Aug.  ^1632, 
by  Basell  Gibson,  William  Eaughan,  William  Willis  & 
George  Ridgelaie. 

Coventry  &  Eichfield,  filed  wills,  Bundle  for  1632. 

Inventory  of  Nicholas  Eales  late  of  parish  of 

Dunchurch,  shepherd,  deceased,  taken  20  March  1639-40  by 
Edward  Blackwell,  weaver,  Henry  Crupwell  &  Marmaduke 
Fawkes,  yeomen,  ^37-11-8. 

Administration  27  March  16(40?)  at  Coventry  to  Widow 
Frances  Eales.     Bonds,  widow  Frances  Eales  of 
and  Thomas  Eales  of  Dunchurch,  sheppard. 

Coventry  and  Eichfield,  filed  wills.  Bundle  for  1640. 

Will  of  William  Eales  of  Stockton,  Co.  Warwick,  yeo- 
man, dated  28  Sept.  1639.  To  be  buried  in  Stockton 
churchyard.  Son  John  Eales  all  crop  on  the  yard  land 
which  I  have  in  the  fields  of  Sawbridge  in  parish  of  Wolfe- 
mole,  Co.  Warwick.     Daughter  Jane  Eales  one  week  after 

her  marriage  to  one  Daniell  Adkins  of .     Son  Henry 

Eales.  Residue  to  son  Thomas  Eales  of  Stockton,  execu- 
tor. Witness  Henry  Stallock,  Willm  Crook,  John  Simes. 
Proved  8  July  1640. 

Inventory  of  William  Eyles  of  Stockton  deceased  23  June 
1640,  by  James  Hawley,  John  Simes  (not  totalled). 

Exhibited  at  Eichfield  2  July  1640,  probated  8  July  1640. 
Coventry  &  Lichfield,  filed  wills.  Bundle  for  1640. 

Will  of  John  Eales  of  Bilton,  Co.  Warwick,  yeoman, 
dated  22  Feb.  1646-7.  Son  George  Eales.  Daughter 
Hanna.     Son  William  Eales.     Loving  wife  Zachary.    Wife 


48  THE  JOHN  EEI.LS  FAMII.Y. 

Zachary  executrix.     Witness  Thomas  Pettifer,  Edw. . 

Proved  at  Coventry  4  Nov.  1647. 

Inventory  of  John  Kales  late  deceased  in  Bilton,  3  Nov. 
1647,  by  Robert  Westley  &  Fawkes  Newbolder,  ^90-18-4. 

Oath  of  executrix  Zachary  Bales  als  Jordaine  4  Nov. 
1647,  widow  of  John  Kales  late  of  Bilton. 

Coventry  &  lyichfield,  filed  wills,  Bundle  for  1647. 

Administration  granted  of  the  goods  of  Thomas  Kales  of 
the  parish  of  Holy  Trinity,  Coventry,  to  the  widow  Kliza- 
beth  Kales  16  March  1625-6. 

Archdeaconry  Court   of   lyichfield  and  Coventry,  Admon. 
Act  Book,  Number  14  (1625-27),  folio  9, 

WILTSHIRE. 

Will  of  John  Keles,  Marston,  parish  of  Potterne,  diocese 
of  Sarum,  dated  31  January  1633.  To  church  of  Sarum. 
To  church  of  Potterne.  Brother  Christopher  KHes.  Sister 
Jane  Klles.  Father  John  Klles  executor.  Overseers 
Thomas  Yorcke  and  John  Pearse,  junior.  Witnesses  Walter 
Kakens  (?),  William  Ballard  (?).     Proved  28  May  1634. 

Inventory  John  Klles  the  ungeo  of  Mersham,  parish  Pot- 
terne 5  Feb.    1633  by  John    Pearce  alias  Hurd,   Thomas 
Yorcke  &  Kdward  May,  ^28-4-2. 
Consistory  Court  of  Salisbury,  filed  will,  (old  number  42). 

Will  of  Ann  Yeeles,  Ufton,  Co.  Berks,  widow,  dated  1 1 
Aug.  1 67 1.  To  grandchildren  5s.  each  and  to  daughters 
ditto.  Younge  Frances  Mondey.  Robert  Auerds  wife  and 
her  children.  John  Wickens.  Ann  Wickens.  Betty 
Wickens.  Mary  Wickens.  Goody  Mondey.  Betty  Wickens 
and  Mary  Wickens.  Sarah  Cooper.  Rest  to  son  Hugh 
Yeeles  executor.  Witnesses  John  Wickens,  Ann  Hall, 
Mary  Goode.     Proved  27  Sept.  1671. 

Inventory,  ^30-1  i-o  of  Ann  Keles  late  of  Upton,  Berks, 
widow,  7  Sept.   1671  by  Wm.   Sanger   &  Thos.   Wickens 
executors,  20  September  1671. 
Consistory  Court  of  Salisbury,  filed  will,  (old  number  50). 


CLOSE   ROLLS. 

Close  Roll,  5  James  I,  Part  32,  (1909) 
i,YDAr,i,  &  Ai.  (Latin).    Indenture  19  Nov.,  5  Jas.  I.  between 
^'^  Ricm.  Lydall  arm.  &  Edmund  Boscocke,  gent, 

on  I  pte. ,  Henr.  Scudamore  of  Kingsburie,  Co. 
Midd. ,  gent. ,  Edward  Hurst  of  Clifforde  Inne,  London,  gent. , 
George  Dally  of  Newington,  Co.  Surrey,  yeoman  &  Isaack 
Eyles,  cit.  &  tallow  chandler  of  London  on  other  pte. 
Witnesseth  that  sd.  R.  L.,  E.  B.  for  sum  paid  by  sd.  H.  S., 
E.  H.,  G.  D.  &  I.  E.  do  sell  to  sd.  H.  S.,  E.  H.,  G.  D.  & 
I.  E.  &  heirs  all  that  rectory  of  Brentles  &  Llandivallie  in 
Co.  Brecon  late  parcel  &  possession  of  late  Prioratt  of  Clif- 
ford in  Co,  Hereford  with  houses,  stables,  gardens,  &c.,  &c., 
at  Westminster  7  Nov.,  5  Jas.  I.  &c.  forever.  Acknowledged 
same  day.  Enrolled  27  Feb. 

Close  Roll,  II  James  I.  Part  44,  number  84,  (2197) 
Bond  of  John  Beard  of  parish  of  Katherine  Cree  Church, 
taylor,  Thomas  Eales  of  parish  of  Margerete  new  Fish- 
streete,  couper,  and  Richard  Stukyn  of  Lymehouse,  parish 
of  Stepney,  chaundler,  to  Edward  Phellippes,  Kt.  Master  of 
the  Rolls  and  John  Tyndall,  Kt.  &c.  100. 

Dated,  Westminster,  11  October,  11  Jas.  I.,  1613. 
The  condition  of  this  Recognizance  is  that  if  James  Gam- 
bolle,  Henry  Kinge,  and  John  Basse,  mariners,  do  stand 
to  perform  such  order  as  the  High  Court  of  Chancery  shall 
hereafter  make  upon  hearing  of  the  cause  wherein  aforesaid 
parties  with  others,  being  all  mariners,  are  plaintiffs  against 
Robert  Wheatley,  Christopher  Nicholls,  Rachel  Jones, 
widdow,  Michael  Meryall,  John  Eldred,  William  Squyre, 
Julyan  de  Rew,  and  Radolphe  Podres  defendants,  if  it 
shall  appear  on  the  hearing  of  said  cause  that  the  voyage 
in  the  ship  called  the  Mary  Anne  of  London  was  over- 
thrown through  their  neglect  and  misdemeanor  that  then 
this  Recognizance  void  &c. 


50  THE  JOHN   EEIvIyS  FAMILY. 

Close  Roll,  14  James  I.  Part  26,  number  30. 
Indenture  made  2  Dec.  161 5  between  Nicholas  Kales,  cit. 
&  joyner  of  London,  of  one  pte.  &  William  Bales  of  Hat- 
ford,  Co.  Berks,  brother  of  the  sd.  Nicholas  Bales,  of  the 
other  pte.  Said  Nicholas  in  consideration  of  sum  of  three 
score  pounds  paid  by  sd.  William  Bales  &  in  consideration 
of  natural  love  he  bears  &c. ,  and  to  the  intent  that  his 
lands  and  tenements  hereafter  named  should  continue  in 
his  own  blood  and  kindred  and  that  Anne  the  now  wife  of 
sd.  Nicholas  Bales  should  have  jointure  &c.  in  lieu  of  her 
dower  &c.,  he  Nicholas  Bales  doth  grant  &c.  to  sd.  William 
Bales  &c.  freeholds,  &c.  situate  in  Greenewich  lane  als 
Fryer  lane  in  parish  of  Allhallowes  the  More  in  Thames 
street,  London,  between  the  stables  thereof  now  or  late  in 
occupation  of  John  Tybballs  als  Theobaldes  on  the  north 
part  &c.,  &c.,  said  hayloft  now  or  late  in  occupation  of  sd. 
Nicholas  Bales  being  in  Greenewich  lane  als  Fryar  lane 
&c.,  &c.,  to  pay  in  Middle  Temple  Hall,  London,  on  Nov.  2, 
161 8  &c.,  then  to  use  of  sd.  Nicholas  Bales  and  Anne  his 
wife  forever  and  after  to  first  sou  or  issue  male  &c.,  in 
default  to  female  &c.,  and  in  default  then  to  William  Bales 
&  heirs  &c.  Bnrolled  3  April,  14  Jas.  I. 

Close  Roll,  17  James  I.  Part  21,  number  i. 
Indenture  6  May,  17  James  I.  between  Roger  Columbell 
of  Darley,  Co.  Derby,  esquire  and  William  Blse  of  Darley 
aforesaid,  yeoman.  Sd.  Roger  in  consideration  of  sum  of 
money  paid  by  sd.  William  Blse  hath  sold  all  messuages, 
cottages,  farmes,  lands  &c.  in  Blyton  or  elsewhere  in  Co. 
Lincolne  &c.,  &c.  Bnrolled  8  May. 

Close  Roll,  13  Charles  I.  Part  31,  number  23,  (3137) 

EWER       Indenture  made  30  July  1637  Betweene  Henry 

^  Bwer  of  Southmyms  in  Co.  Midd. ,  gent.  &  Abell 

^^^^^      Bwer  of  Shenley,  Co.  Hertford,  brother  of   the 

said  Henry    Bwer  of   thone   part   and   Thomas  Marsh  of 


CLOSE  ROLLS.  51 

Southmyms,  Esq^,  John  Adderley  of  the  same  place  &  Co., 
Esq^,  Naariah  Gladman,  Viccar  of  Southmyms,  Thomas 
Harison  &  ffrancis  fHexmer  of  same  place  &  Co.,  gent.  & 
John  Eeles  &  Richard  Nicoll  of  same,  yeomen,  of  the  other 
part.  In  consideration  of  the  sum  of  ^85  being  the  poores 
money  of  the  parish  of  Southmyms  &  for  other  good  causes 
&c. ,  &c. ,  grant  a  messuage,  lands  &c.  in  Southmyms  at  the 
neither  &  northend  of  the  streete  of  Southmyms  now  in 
occupation  of  Jonas  Wynch  abutting  South  on  a  footpath 
from  said  Streete  to  Northmyms  on  the  East  the  glebe 
lands  of  the  parsonage  of  Southmyms  called  Waldens  & 
North  the  yard  of  a  mess,  of  Mary  Waldens  widdowe  sold 
to  Richard  Cole,  Esq',  of  Shenley  &  others  for  the  use  of 
the  poore  of  Shenley  &  towards  the  West  of  said  streete 
being  the  Eondon  highwaye  &c.,  &c.,  in  trust  for  the  poor 
of  Southmyms  &c. ,  the  profitts  of  the  sayd  mess.  &c. ,  on 
Some  Sonday  within  40  days  after  the  ffeasts  of  St.  Michaell 
Tharchangell  &  the  Annunciation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin 
Mary  to  be  devided  by  the  cheife  parishoners  to  the  most 
needy  poor  of  said  parish  &c. ,  or  towards  the  binding  & 
putting  forth  of  orphans  &  poor  children  to  be  apprentices 
&c.  Enrolled  21  Dec.  A"  p'dict. 

Close  Roll,  14  Charles  I.  Part  11,  number  41,  (3157) 

WARD      Indenture  made  30  May  1 637 ,  1 3  Charles  Between 
^  George  Ward  of  Upton,  Co.  Yorks,  Esq^  &  John 

Ward,  gent,  son  of  the  said  George  of  the  one  part 
&  ffrancis  Corbett  of  Pattrington  in  the  sd.  Co.,  clerk 
&  Stephen  Eeles  of  same  Co.,  miller,  on  the  other  part  Wit- 
nesseth  that  Edward  fferrers  of  Barne  Elmes,  Co.  Surry, 
Esq'.  &  ffrancis  Phillips  of  Eondon,  Esq"",  by  Indenture 
dated  14  Dec'.,  11  Chas.  did  grant  to  sd.  George  &  John 
Ward  all  that  Windemilne  &  lands  appurtaining  in  Wax- 
ham  parcel  of  the  Mano'  of  Withornsey  &  Owthorne  in 
sd.  Co.  Yorks  then  in  occupation  of  Thomas  Woodward 
at  a  yearly  rent  of  30'.  payd  as  hereafter  mentioned  being 


52  THE  JOHN   EEIvIvS  FAMILY. 

part  &  parcel  of  the  possession  of  late  monastery  of  Kirk- 
stall  with  all  rights  &c.  as  graunted  by  letters  patent  2 
Aug.,  8  James  &c.  Now  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of 
;i^22  the  sd.  George  &  John  Ward  &  in  performance  of  the 
covenant  hereafter  mentioned  grants  sayd  Windmill  &c. ,  to 
be  holden  of  the  King's  mat'®  that  nowe  is  &c.,  as  of  his 
mannor  of  East  Greenewich  in  Co.  Kent  by  ffealty  only  &c. 
Enrolled  23  April,  14  Chas. 

Close  Roll,  15  Charles  I.  Part  14,  number  16,  (3201) 

RAYMENT      Indent.  6  May,  15  Chas.  Between  John  Ray- 

^""^  ment  of  Harpesden,  Co.  Oxon,  Clerk,  one  of 

the  sons  of  John  Rament  late   of  Brome  m 
16 

parish  of  Southill,  Co.  Bedd.,  gent.,  dec'd,  of 

one  part  &  John  Eeles  of  Henley  upon  Thames,  Co.  Oxon, 
yeoman,  of  the  other  part.  For  5s.  grants  all  those  messu- 
ages &  tenements  with  appurt's  in  Southill  &  Stanforde  & 
Brome  in  the  parish  of  Southill,  Co.  Bedd.  called  Capps 
with  all  howses  &c.  &  one  close  of  pasture  thereto  belong- 
ing containing  3  acres,  one  other  messuage  lately  builded 
upon  &  piece  of  ground  called  Capps  together  with  said 
piece  of  ground  contg.  2  acres,  one  acre  of  meadow  in 
Stanford  in  the  broad  Meade  there,  17^^  acres  arrable 
land  in  the  fields  of  Southill,  Stanford  &  Brome  with  all 
commodities  &c.  now  in  occupation  of  sd.  John  Rayment. 
To  the  use  of  sd.  John  Eeles  &c. ,  &c. 

Enrolled  15  May. 

Close  Roll,  22  Charles  I.  Part  15,  number  36,  (3354) 

EELES  ET  Indent,  i  June,  22  Chas.  Between  Richarde 
WARD&AL  £|gg  ^i^g  younger  of  West  Haddon,  Co. 
Northt.,  yeoman,  of  one  pte.  &  Dabridgecourt  Ward  of 
Nortofte  sd.  Co.,  gent.  &  Thomas  Sibley  of  Tecton  in  sd. 
Co.,  yeoman,  of  the  other  part.  For  5s.  &  other  good 
causes  &c.  grant  of  lands,  pastures  &c.  in  Spratton  in  sd. 
Co.  in   occupation   of   Robert   Hollis,    purchased   of   one 


CLOSE  ROLLS.  53 

William  Clark  of  Spratton,  yeoman,  by  Thomas  Else  late 
of  Collisbrook  in  sd.  Co.,  yeoman,  dec'd,  grandfather  of  the 
sd.  Richard  the  younger,  also  arrable  lands  &c.  in  the 
fields  of  Spratton  now  in  occupation  of  Johes  Ward,  clerke, 
purchased  by  sd.  Thomas  Else  and  one  Richard  Dove  late 
of  Spratton,  husbandman,  with  all  rights  &c. 

Enrolled  22  June. 

Close  Roll,  1650  Part  47,  number  4,  (3538) 
FREEMAN      Indent,  triptite  23  April   1650  Between  John 
^^  Freeman  of  the  city  of  Westminster,  Co.  Midd., 

gent.,  first  part,  Thomas  Eales  citizen  & 
woodmonger  of  London  second  part  &  Miles 
Homberston  of  Furnifalls  Inne,  Eondon,  gent,  of  third 
part.  Sd.  John  Freeman  for  ids.  paid  by  sd.  Thomas 
Eales  &  other  good  causes  &c.  grants  4  messuages  &c.  in 
Hinde  Court  neere  Fleete  street  in  parish  of  St.  Dunstans 
in  the  West  now  or  late  in  occupation  of  Thomas  Browne, 
D.D.,  Thomas  Walrond,  chirurgeon,  Stephen  Hearne  & 
William  Dudley,  &  one  messuage  in  parish  of  St.  Anne 
in  precincts  of  Blackfriars  nere  Eudgate,  London,  in  occu- 
pation of  Josias  Smith  which  sd.  5  messuages  were  devised 
to  sd.  John  Freeman  by  his  father  John  Freeman  cit.  & 
haberdasher  of  London  by  will  &c.  tothesd.  Thomas  Eales 
&  his  heirs  &c.,  &  it  is  agreed  that  sd.  Miles  Homberston 
may  sue  out  a  writt  of  entrie  (sur  disseison  in  le  post) 
against  sd.  Thomas  Eales  &c. 

Enrolled  7  May  A°  p'dict. 

Close  Roll,  1652  Part  36,  number  45,  (3676) 

Indenture    18    Feb.    1651     between    William 

Steele,  Recorder  of  City  of  London,  Thomas 

Coke,  Wm.  Bosevile,  John  Sparrowe,  Willm. 

Kenricke,    Ralph    Harrison,     Willm.    Scott, 

Silvanus  Taylor,  Thomas  Hubbard,  Cornelius  Coke,  Esqr., 

John  Huntt,  gent.  &  Sir  Edward  Barkeham,  Baronet,  being 

trusted  by  act  of  present  Parliament  for  sale  of  manors  &c. 


54  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

belonging  to  late  King,  Queen,  Prince  &c.  of  one  part 
&  Griffith  Lloyd  of  St.  Ives,  Co.  Hunting.,  Stephen  White, 
of  Wellingborow,  Co.  of  North'ton,  Thomas  Else  of  West- 
haddon,  sd.  Co.  North'ton,  Bsqr.  &  Richard  Ashby  of  Pugg- 
brooke,  Co.  North'ton,  gent,  of  other  part.  Witnesses  that 
sd.  W.  S.  &  T.  C,  W.  B.,  J.  S.,  W.  K.,  R.  H.,  W.  S.,  S.  T., 
T.  H.,  C.  C.  &  J.  H.  &  E.  B.  in  obedience  to  sd.  act  &  at 
the  desire  of  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall,  Kt.  &  Nicholas  Bond, 
Richard  Sidenham,  Nicholas  Lempriere,  Esq.  &  Edw. 
Cressett,  gent.  &  others  authorised  to  treat  &c.  for  sale 
&c.  &  in  consideration  of  sum  of  ^7519-19-6  (ist  moitie 
being  ^3519-19-9).  Sir  John  Wollaston,  Kt.  &  Thomas 
Andrewes  alderman  of  city  of  London  of  treasurers  ap- 
pointed have  by  writing  19  June  1650  now  produced  by  sd. 
G.  L.,  S.  W.,  T.  S.  &  R.  A.  certified  to  be  paid  &c.  have 
granted  &c.  Old  Enfield  Park  in  parishes  of  Enfield  & 
Edmonton,  Co.  Midd.  bounded  on  N.  by  lands,  E.  Chase 
&  Butley's  farm  &  land  of  one  Rogers,  on  S.  &  lands  of  — 
Harvey  &  Baron  Treavor,  on  W.  (553  acres)  &  lodge  house 
in  occupation  of  Charles  Crosby  &c. ,  &c. 

Acknowledged  same  day.     Enrolled  8  April. 

Close  Roll,  1652  Part  47,  number  17,  (3687) 

LLOYD  ESQR    Indent.  8  Oct.    1652  Between  Griffith  Lloyd 

^  of  St.  Ives,  Co.  Hunts.,  Esq.,  Stephen  White 

of    Wellingborough,      Co.      Northt.,      Esq., 

Thomas  Else  of  West  Haddon  in  sd.  Co.  Esq. 

&  Richard  Ashby  of  Pugbrooke  in  sd.  Co.,  gent,  of  one 

part  &  Peter  Steery,  clerk,  of  the  other.     The  officers  & 

soldiers  of  ye  Regiment  of  Horse  under  command  of  Liver, 

gent.    Charles   Fleetewood   by   deed    dated    23  Feb.    1649 

appointed  the  sd.  Griffith  Lloyd  their  attorney  to  the  several 

uses  &c.  in  proportion  to  their  debentures  &c.  for  arrears 

of  pay  to  contract  with  the  contractors  &  trustees  for  the 

sale  of  Kings,  Queens  &  Princes  lands  with  power  to  take 

conveyances   in   the  name  of  said  Lloyd,  White,  Else  & 


CLOSE  ROLLS.  55 

Ashby  &  William  Buck  dec'd  in  trust  for  the  satisfaction 
of  sd.  officers  &  soldiers  &  sd.  Lloyd  contracted  for  the  park 
or  piece  of  land  called  Old  Enfield  Park  in  the  parish  of 
Enfield  &  Edmonton  in  Co.  Midd.  cont'g  553  acres  &  sd. 
trustees  by  indenture  18  Feb.  1651,  enrolled  8  April  last, 
granted  to  the  sd.  Lloyd,  White,  Else,  Ashby  &  Buckall 
that  sd.  park  &  one  close  out  of  the  park  3  roods  34  poles 
&  lodge  near  Enfield  town  within  sd.  park  &  land  called 
Hopyard  &  right  of  comon  in  Enfield  &  all  the  deer'  and 
game  and  all  woods  &c. ,  except  as  excepted,  to  be  sold  in 
trust  as  aforesaid  &  there  is  due  to  the  sd.  Peter  Steery 
;^520  for  arrears  of  pay,  now  for  payment  of  the  same 
grant  44  ac.  parcells  of  sd.  park  abutting  upon  Bushe  close 
E.,  Gregories  Mead  S.,  upon  Richard  Wotters  &  Robert 
Brown  W. ,  Highway  from  Enfield  to  London  N.,  with  the 
coppice  &  wood  thereupon  &  the  lodge  called  Swithans  &c. 

Enrolled  24  Feb.  1652. 

Close  Roll,   1652  Part  63,  number  45. 

LLOYD        Indent.    16    April    1652    Between    the  same 

^  grantors  as  above  &  the  Hon.  Charles  Fleete- 

L       WOOD   ^QQ^g  of  Glenham,  Co.  Suff.,  Esq.  for  arrears 

of  pay  due  to  him  &  for  5s.  grants  the  manor 

of  Woodstock  &  Hundred  of  Wootton  in  the  Co.  Oxford 

divers  lands  &c.      (long  deed). 

Enrolled  21  June. 

Close  Roll,  1652  Part  50,  number  7,  (3696) 

Long  indent,  mentioning  Thomas  Else  of  West  Had- 
don.  Hunt,  whereby  William  Steele,  Recorder  of  London, 
Thos.  Coke,  William  Bosvile,  John  Sparrow,  William 
Kenwick,  Ralph  Harrison,  Sylvanus  Taylor,  William 
Scott,  Thomas  Hubbard,  Cornelius  Coke,  John  Hunt  & 
Sir  Edward  Barkham  sell  manor  of  Woodstock,  Oxon,  to 
Griffith  Lloyd,  Thomas  Else,  Stephen  White  &  Richard 
Ashby. 


56  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

Close  Roll,  1654  Part  34,  (number  3804) 
GRBBNE      Indenture  4  Jan'y  1654  Between  John  Greene 
*  the    elder  of  Hardingstone,   Co.    North' ton, 

yeoman,  of  the  one  part  &  Richard  Nayler  of 
Stoke  Bruen  in  sd.  Co.  gent.,  William  Walker 
of  Hardingstone,  gent.,  Robert  Packwood,  John  Eyles, 
John  Greene  &  Thomas  Gee  all  of  Hardingstone,  yeomen, 
of  the  other  part  Witnesseth  that  by  Letters  Patent  under 
the  greate  Seal  &  the  seal  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  dated 
4  June,  4  Chas.  said  King  Charles  granted  the  manor  of 
Hardingstone  in  the  said  Co.  &  all  Demesne  lands  &c.  & 
appurtenances  (except  mines  of  silver  &  gold)  To  Edward 
Dichfield,  John  Highlord,  Humfrey  Clarke  &  flfrancis  Moss, 
citizens  of  London,  they  paying  ^27.  os.  9}4d.  yearly  & 
whereas  Tenants  of  the  said  mannor  did  raise  a  valuable 
sum  of  money  for  purchase  of  same  which  was  to  be  con- 
veyed to  Sr.  Francis  Harvey,  Kt.  one  of  the  Justices  of  the 
Courte  of  Common  Pleas  &  Robert  Greene,  gent,  in  trust 
for  the  said  Tenants  &  by  Indenture  dated  on  or  about  the 
25  Nov'r,  5  Chas,  same  was  granted  to  said  Sir  Francis 
Harvey  &  Robert  Greene  and  said  Sir  Francis  Harvey  died 
many  years  since  &  the  said  Robert  Greene  also  lately  died 
leaving  the  said  John  Greene  the  elder  his  brother  &  heir. 
Now  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  5s.  and  for  settling  of 
said  manor  in  Trust  as  aforesaid  said  John  Greene  the 
elder  grants  said  manor  &c.  to  said  Richard  Nayler, 
William  Walker,  Robert  Packwood,  John  Kyles,  John 
Greene  &  Thomas  Gee  their  heirs  &c.  as  the  same  was 
heretofore  conveyed  to  said  Sir  Francis  Harvey  &  Robert 
Greene  in  trust  for  them  their  heirs  &  all  others  owners  of 
the  said  lands  &c.  paying  their  proportionable  parts  of  the 
said  yearly  rent  reserved  &c. 

Enrolled  25  Jan'y  1654. 

Close  Roll,  1656  Part  31,  number  30,  (391 1) 
Indenture  23  May  1656  between  Peter  Sterry,  clerke,  and 
Frances  his  wife,   Moses  Wall  of  Braintree,   Co.   Essex, 


CLOSE  ROLLS.  57 

gent.  &  Tempest  Milner,  aid.  &  cit.  &  M'chant  taylor  of 
London,  on  one  pt.  &  Thomas  Else  of  Edmonton,  Co.  Midd., 
Esq.  on  other  pt.  Witnesseth  that  said  P.S.  &  F.  &  sd.  M. 
W.  &  T.  M.  by  direction  of  sd.  Frances  for  consideration 
of  ^455  sell  44  acres  called  Old  Enfield  Park,  bounded  on 
S.  by  Gregories  Mead  &  Richard  Wotters  &  Robert  Browne 
on  the  West  &c.  &  lodge  called  Swithens  all  which  were 
sold  unto  Griffith  Lloyd,  Stephen  White,  sd.  Thomas 
Else  &  Richard  Ashby  by  indent.  8  Oct.  1652  enrolled  in 
Chancery  24  Feb.  same  year  &c.     Acknowledged  10  Nov. 

Enrolled  10  Nov. 

Close  Roll,  1657  Part  46,  number  io6,  (3973) 
George  Eales  of  Middle  Temple,  gent.,  William  Chal- 
loner  of  same,  gent.  &  William  Mensell,  cit.  &  grocer  of 
London,  before  Lord  Protector  do  acknowledge  to  owe 
William  Lenthall,  Esq.,  Master  of  the  Rolls  &  Nathaniel! 
Hobart,  Esq.,  one  of  Masters  of  said  High  Court  of 
Chancery  ;i^8o  to  be  paid  on  29  Sept.  next  ensuing,  if  not 
then  to  be  levied  on  their  goods,  10  June  1657. 

Whereas  above  bounden  George  Eales  having  obtained  an 
order  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  wherein  George,  William, 
Samuell  &  Mary  Eales  are  infants  by  the  sd.  George  Eales 
their  father  guardian  pits.,  Thomas  Pettifer  deft,  for  the 
receiving  of  ^40  by  sd.  deft,  for  the  of  the  sd.  infants, 
condition  of  recognizance  is  that  if  sd.  George  Eales  do 
answer  to  the  pltf.  all  their  respective  ages  of  one  and 
twenty  3'eares,  their  respective  legacies,  then  this  void 
&c.  Glascock  Gyles. 

Close  Roll,  1658  Part  10,  number  44,  (3984) 
X.1TC0TT       Robert   Litcott   of    City    of    Westm.,     Esq., 
^  according  to  an  award  made  by  Mr.  Seriant 

LITCO'n^ 

Maynard   &    Mr.    Edward    Hoskins   dated   5 

Mar.  1657  inst.  do  release  to  Thomas  Eale  of 

Ealing,  Co.  Midd.,  gent,  all  right  in  one  annuity  of  ;^4o 

issuing   out   of  the  Rectory  of  Ealing  in  sd.    Co.    &  all 


58  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

arrearages  &c.  now  by  vertue  of  an  assignment  made  from 
me  due  and  payable  to  John  Bird  of  London,  goldsmith, 
Grace  his  wife  &  Thomas  Bird  their  son  so  as  neither  I 
the  sd.  Robert  Litcott  nor  my  executors  shall  at  any  time 
challenge  any  right  in  sd.  annuity  &c.  Dated  24  March 
1657.     6  April  1658  appeared  sd.  Robert  Litcott  &c. 

Enrolled  22  April  1658. 

Close  Roll.  1658  Part  12,  (number  3986) 

PKTTus  KT     Indenture  25   April   1658   Between  Sir  John 

^  Pettus  of  Cheston   Hall  in  Cheston  in  Co. 

„  Suflf.,  Kt.  of  one  part  and  John  Tucker  of  the 

parish  of  Woodland  in  Co.  Devon,   yeoman, 

Edward  Eales  of  the  sd.   parish  of  Woodland,   yeoman, 

&  John  Penny  of  Woodland,  Clothier,  in  trust  for  the  said 

John  Tucker  of  the  other  part  Witnesseth  in  Consideration 

of  the  sum  of  ;i^50  paid  by  the  said  John  Tucker  and  5^ 

paid  by  the  said  Edward  Eales  &  John   Penny,   said  Sir 

John  Pettus  grants   3  closes  &  parcells  of  lands  called  the 

Mill   cliflfes  &  Mille  clifiFes   meade  in   the  said  parish   of 

Woodland  now  or  late  in  occupation  of  said  John  Tucker 

containing   10  acres  or  thereabouts  being   parcell  of  the 

manor  of  Ipplepen  in  the  sd.  Co.  &  wch  Jane  Tucker  wife 

of  the  said  John  Tucker  &  Jane  Tucker  hold  for  their 

respective  Estates  &c. 

Enrolled  24  June  1658. 

Close  Roll,  1658  Part  15,  number  14,  (3989) 
PETTUS       Indenture  25   April   1658  Between  Sir  John 

^  Pettus    of    Cheston    Hall    in    the    parish    of 

Bales 

Cheston,  Co.  Suflf.,  Kt.  on  the  first  part  and 

Edward   Eales   the   elder   of    the    parish    of 

Woodland   in   Co.    Devon,    j^eoman,    John    Coke  &   John 

Soper  both  of  said  parish,  yeomen,  in  trust  for  the  said 

Edward    Eales    For   consideration   of  ^250   paid  by  said 

Edward  Eales  &  of  5^  paid  by  said  John  Coke  &  John 

Soper  grants  a  messuage  or  tenement  &  one  flfarthing  of 


CLOSE  ROLLS.  59 

land  in  a  place  called  Way  in  said  parish  of  Woodland  in 

occupation   of   said   Edward   Bales   being   parcel    of   the 

manor  of  Ipplepen  &  which  the  said  Edward  Bales   the 

elder  Edward  Bales  his  sonn  &  Mary  Bales  his  daughter 

hold  by  lease  or  copy  of  Court  roll  of  the  Said  manor, 

with  all  rights  &c. 

Enrolled  23  July  1658. 

Close  Roll,  26  Charles  II.  Part  9,  (number  4412) 
KAi,Es  &  AL  Indenture  made  i  Dec,  26  Charles  II.  1674 
^"^  Between  George  Bales  of  West  Downe  in  Co. 

Sussex,  Clerk,  administrator  of  the  goods  of 
Sir  Edward  fford  late  of  Hasting  in  Co.  Sus- 
sex, Kt.  deceased  (with  the  last  will  annexed  &c.  to  letters 
of  Administration)  &  the  Right  Honourable  Katherine  Eady 
Grey  wife  of  the  Right  Honourable  Ralphe  Lord  Grey 
Baron  of  Warke  of  the  one  part  and  the  said  Ralphe  Eord 
Grey  of  the  other  part  Whereas  said  Ralphe  Lord  Grey 
by  the  name  of  the  Hon.  Ralph  Grey,  Esq.  one  of  the  sons 
of  the  Hon.  William  Lord  Grey  of  Warke  did  acknowledge 
a  recognizance  or  Statute  Staple  of  the  penalty  of  ;i^3ooo 
dated  22  June,  21  Charles  II.  to  said  Sir  Edward  fiforde. 
Now  said  George  Bales  at  the  desire  of  said  lady  Grey  in 
trust  for  whom  said  letters  of  administration  were  granted 
doth  release  to  said  Ralph  Lord  Grey  said  recognisance  & 
all  sums  of  money  due  thereon  «&c.  Witnesses  Isaac 
Warren  &  Stephen  Waterworth. 

Enrolled  4  December  A°  p'dict. 

Close  Roll,  28  Charles  II.  Part  14,  number  27,  (4466) 
soNE         Indenture  29  August  1676  between  Mary  Sone 
^^  of  parish   of  St.    Saviors,    Southwarke,    Co. 

Surrey,   widdow,    on   one   part   and   Thomas 
Bales  of   parish  of  St.    Olaves,  Southwarke, 
Co.   Surrey,   joyner,    of  other  part.     Witnesseth  that  sd. 
Mary  Sone  in  performance  of  covenant  in  one  pair  of  inden- 
tures dated  15  Aug.  1674  between  sd.  Mary  Sone  of  one  pt. 


60  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS   FAMILY. 

&  sd.  Thomas  Kales  of  other,  &  in  consideration  of  6d. 
paid  to  sd.  Mary  Sone  by  sd.  Thomas  Bales  &c.,  doth 
grant  unto  sd.  Thomas  Bales  5  acres  of  meadow  heretofore 
called  Watses  &  now  called  Bull  Mead  in  or  near  Hackton 
in  south  end  of  Hornchurch,  Co.  Bssex  in  occupation  of 
Thomas  Legatt,  since  in  tenure  of  Samuell  Sone  the  elder, 
late  in  occupation  of  Widdow  Holeman,  &  since  in  the 
occupation  of Millett  widdow  &  now  in  tenure  of  Wil- 
liam Porter,  which  meadow  heretofore  conveyed  in  inden- 
ture 7  Feb.  1627  with  livery  &  seizin  endorsed  from  Samuel 
Sone  the  elder  to  John  Finch  for  use  of  Samuel  Sone  the 
elder,  then  to  Samuel  Sone  the  younger,  &  after  his  decease 
to  use  of  Mary  Sone  by  the  name  of  Mary  Finch  daughter 
of  sd.  John  Finch  &  her  heirs  forever  &  sd.  meadow  con- 
veyed to  Samuel  Sone  the  elder  from  John  Begatt  by  deed 
20  July,  39  Bliz.,  sd.  meadow  to  have  to  use  of  sd.  Thomas 
Bales  &  his  heirs.     Acknowledged  4  Sept. 

Bnrolled  26  Sept. 

Close  Roll,  30  Charles  II.  Part  2,  (number  4503) 
GORGES  ET  Ai,  This   Indenture   made    the    7    December,    30 

HT  Charles  II.  1678  Between  Ferdinando  Gorges 

PEMBERTON  Qf  London,  Merchant,  John  Byles  of  London, 
Merchant,  &  Thomas  Browne,  citizen  &  Scriv- 
ener of  London,  on  the  one  part  and  Sir 
ffrancis  Pemberton,  Kt.,  one  of  His  Majesty's  Serjeants  at 
Lawe,  William  Cherry  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  Bsq'. 
&  Robert  Pemberton  of  St.  Albanes  in  Co.  Hertf.,  gent. 
In  consideration  of  the  sum  of  ^7000  paid  by  said  Sir 
ffrancis  &  of  los.  paid  by  said  William  Cherry  &  Robert 
Pemberton  grant  to  sd.  William  &  Robert  the  manor  of 
Gosbertowne  als  Gosberkirke  als  Barraper  in  Gosbertone 
in  Co.  Lincoln  with  all  rights  &c.  &  all  that  marsh  ground 
containing  76  acres  more  or  less  now  or  late  in  the  tenure 
of  Thomas  Gregg  or  his  assignes,  80  acres  marsh  in  occu- 
pation of  Thomas  Jeffrey,  15  acres  pasture  ground  in 
occupation  of  Richard  Audsell,   other  80  acres  of  marsh 


CLOSE  ROLLS.  61 

land  in  occupation  of  said  Gregg,  9  acres  marsh  in  occu- 
pation of  William  Marsliam,  other  marsh  grounds  in  occu- 
pation of  said  Jeflfery  &  Gregg  &  of  Thomas  Compton, 
farm  in  occupation  of  flfrancis  Burkitt,  pasture  ground  in 
occupation  of  Robert  Ramsdale,  low  ground  in  occupation 
of  William  Pindar,  messuage  or  tenement  in  occupation  of 
Thomas  Carter,  pasture  lands  in  occupation  of  Thomas 
Nelson,  other  messuages  &  lands  &c.  in  occupation  of 
Thomas  Gregg,  Thomas  Benington,  Thomas  Nelson,  Jeremy 
Jeffery,  Thomas  Booth,  Henry  Harvey,  Richard  Marrett, 
Mathewe  Browne,  Thomas  Sumpter,  William  and  Thomas 
Harryman,  Obed  Cust,  Samuel  Burton,  Owen  Weldon  & 
Phillipp  Collington,  all  which  lands  messuages  &c.  are 
situate  in  Gosbertowne  als  Gosberkirke  in  said  Co.  of  Lin- 
coln and  all  other  the  lands  late  of  Sir  Robert  Carr,  Bar^, 
vested  in  and  upon  the  Right  Honourable  Henry  Lord 
Arlington  by  the  name  of  Sir  Henry  Bennett,  Sir  John 
Newton,  Bart.  &  Sir  William  Wray,  Bart,  by  Act  of  Par- 
liament for  settling  the  estate  of  said  Sir  Robert  Carr,  Bart, 
all  which  promises  afterwards  by  Indenture  for  6  months 
dated  26  Nov"",,  18  Charles  II.  1666  made  between  said 
lord  Arlington,  Sir  John  Newton  &  Sir  William  Wray  on 
the  one  part  &  Henry  Mellor  of  the  towne  of  Derby  in  Co. 
Derby,  gent,  and  an  Indenture  tripartite  of  grant  or  release 
dated  the  27  of  said  month  of  November  &  Indenture 
enrolled  dated  6  May,  20  Charles  II.  Between  the  said  lord 
Arlington,  Sir  John  Newton  &  Sir  William  Wray  on  the 
first  part  the  said  Sir  Robert  Carr  on  the  second  part  and 
the  said  Henry  Mellor  of  the  third  part  were  granted  to 
the  said  Henry  Mellor  who  afterwards  granted  the  said 
lands,  messuages  &c.  to  John  Morris,  Esq''.  &  John  Wyse  ; 
and  the  said  lands,  messuages  &c.  were  afterwards  granted 
to  the  said  fferdinando  Gorges,  Thomas  Brown  &  John 
Eyles  with  all  rights,  reversions  &c.  Now  said  fferdinando 
Gorges,  John  Browne  &  John  Kyles  grant  the  said  lands 
&c.  with  all  rights,  reversions,  deeds,  writings  &c.  to  the 


62  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

said  William  Cherry  &  Robert  Pemberton  to  the  only  use 
of  the  said  Sir  flfrancis  Pemberton  his  heires  &c. 
Enrolled  24  Feb'ry,  31  Charles  II. 

Close  Roll,  32  Charles  II.  Part  6,  number  9,  (4544) 
EEi,Es         Indenture  2  January,   32  Chas.  II.    1680  be- 

*  tween  John  Eeles  of  Brill,  Co.  Bucks  eldest 

PHii^upps      g^^  ^^  Robert  Eeles  of  Brill,  gent,  and  grand- 

Q  child  of  John  Eeles  late  of  Dorton,  Co.  afore- 

said, gentleman,  of  one  part  &  Thomas 
Phillipps  of  Ickford,  sd.  Co.  Bucks,  gent.  &  Moses  Slade 
of  Wallingford,  Co.  Berks,  gent,  of  other  part.  Witnesseth 
that  in  consideration  of  sum  of  5s.  sd.-John  Eeles  doth 
grant  unto  sd.  Thomas  Phillipps  and  Moses  Slade  messuage 
or  tenement  situated  in  Crowmersh  Gifford,  Co.  Oxon  on 
north  side  of  the  street  there,  a  lane  leading  from  Crowmersh 
aforesaid  to  Ewelme  on  east  side  together  with  barnes  &c. , 
6  acres  of  land  &  field  called  Hitching  field  &  pasture  for 
2  horses  &  2  kine  &c.  now  in  occupation  of  John  Sadler 
or  his  assigns  &  were  heretofore  bought  by  the  aforesaid 
John  Eeles  from  one  John  Whitehand  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  &  by  the  sd.  John  Eeles  grandfather  to  him  from  one 
John  Whitehand  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  and  by  the  sd.  John 
Eeles  by  his  last  will  &  testament  in  writing  among  other 
things  devised  to  the  sd.  John  Eeles  now  party  hereunto  & 
also  land  in  Hitchingfield  1 1  acres  shooteing  north  &  south 
&  also  on  west  a  way  leading  from  Crowmersh  Gifford 
aforesaid  towards  Oxford  called  Oxford  way  on  east  side 
thereof  a  cottage  now  or  late  in  occupation  of  John  I,eaver, 
at  south  end  thereof  which  sd.  acre  is  now  also  in  occupa- 
tion of  sd.  John  Sadler  &  was  heretofore  also  purchased 
by  the  sd.  John  Eeles  the  grandfather  to  him  of  one  John 
Clarke  &  by  sd.  John  Eeles  by  his  last  will  &  testament 
also  devised  to  sd.  John  Eeles  now  party  hereunto  &  also 
all  ways  &c.,  6  acres  &  one  acre  of  arrable  commons  &c. 
Sd.  messuages  &c.  unto  sd.  Thomas  Phillipps  &  Moses 
Slade  forever  &c.     Acknowledged  i  Feb.  by  John  Eeles. 

Enrolled  19  Feb. 


CLOSE  ROLLS.  63 

Close  Roll,  33  Charles  II.  Part  12,  nuraber  15,  (4566) 
CALTON        Indenture  8  Oct.,  33  Chas.  II.  between  Paul 
®^  Calton  of  Milton,  Co.  Berks,  Esq.  of  one  pt. 

EYi^Es&AL     ^  j^^^  ^yjgg   ^f  London,   Esq.  &  William 

Kiflfen  of  I^ondon,  merchant  of  other  pt. 
Witnesseth  that  in  pursuance  of  certain  indentures  made 
or  to  be  made  between  sd.  Paul  Calton  &  Susanna  his  wife 
&  Moses  Slade  of  Staple  Inne,  lyondon,  gent,  of  one  pt.  & 
sd.  John  Eyles  &  William  Kiflfen  of  second  pt.,  Peter  Wing 
of  Wallingford,  Berks,  gent,  of  third  pt.  &  Arthur  Evans 
of  Wantage,  sd.  Co.  Berks  &  Thomas  Gery  of  Middle 
Temple,  London,  gent,  of  fourth  pt.,  for  5s.  paid,  sd.  Paul 
Calton  doth  sell  to  sd.  John  Eyles  &  William  Kiflfen  meadow 
called  Westmead  (43  acres)  in  Milton  or  elsewhere  in 
Berks,  now  or  late  in  occupation  of  Richard  Sherwood  & 
land  called  Nyott  (15)  in  Milton  late  in  occupation  of 
Richard  Howkins  &  tenement  called  Greyhound  late  in 
occupation  of  Robert  Stone  now  in  possession  of  Paul  Cal- 
ton &  meadow  called  Greate  Hale  (23)  Burdens  meadow 
(92)  late  in  occupation  of  Thomas  Burden,  now  in  occu- 
pation of  sd.  Paul  Calton,  &  Holbrooke  (8)  &  Burdens 
lane  late  in  possession  of  Thomas  Burden,  now  of  Paul 
Calton,  &  corne  mills  called  Milton  mills  &c.  (70)  now  or 
late  in  occupation  of  Thomas  Stevens  &  cottages  in  occu- 
pation of  John  King,  William  Coulery,  John  Scarlett, 
Henry  Ludlowes,  John  Plott  &c.  in  occupation  of  Robt. 
Keate,  Widow  Hoare,  and  Thomas  Herbert  &c.  &  also 
perpetual  nomination  to  the  parish  church  of  Milton  &  all 
land  &c.  now  parcell  to  the  manor  of  Milton  to  sd.  John 
Eyles  &  William  Kiflfen  forever. 

Acknowledged  and  enrolled  28  Oct. 

Close  Roll,  36  Charles  II.  Part  10,  number  8,  (4624) 

wii^MOTT      Indenture  14  Feb.,  i  Jas,  II.  between  WiUiam 

^  Willmott  of    London,   gent,    of  one  part  & 

EELEs        Henry   ^eles    of  Wallangford,    Co.    Berks, 

gent,  of  other  part  Witnesses  that  for  ^400 


64  THE  JOHN   EEI.LS   FAMILY. 

paid  by  sd.  Henry  Eeles,  sd.  William  Willmott  doth  acquit 
sd.  Henry,  being  same  sum  of  ;^4oo  mentioned  in  inden- 
tures bearing  even  date  &c.  between  sd.  parties  &c.  Wil- 
liam Wilmott  grants  messuage  or  tenements  with  appur- 
tenances called  Holme  Place  in  Stadham,  Co.  Oxon,  now 
in  possession  of  Michaell  Lucy,  tenant  of  sd.  William  Wil- 
mott &  lands  &c.  i.  e.  Jacks  close  (2  acres),  the  Moore 
(i),  the  Butts  (6),  Aliens  orchard  (i^),  the  Whaddowes 
(38),  Thurlsbridge  (36)  &c.  all  in  Stadham  town  lands,  & 
granting  all  right  except  pasture  called  Dowleaze  in  posses- 
sion of  John  Keene  3  little  cottages  now  or  late  in  posses- 
sion of  Robert  Miller,  Mary  Allen,  Edward  Belson,  to  have 
and  to  hold  forever. 

Acknowledged  and  enrolled  16  Feb. 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS. 

BILLS    AND    ANSWERS. 

Elizabeth,  Bundle  E  i,  number  63,  Evelyn. 
UNDATED.      To  the  Right  Honorable  S'".  John  Puckeringe, 
(1595-6?)       Knight,  Ivord  Keeper  of  the   Great   Seal  of 

England. 
Humbly  complayninge  your  Lordships  Orato'.  Richard 
Eilles  of  (blank)  in  the  Countie  of  Som'.,  yeoman,  that 
William  Barlowe  sometyme  Bishopp  of  Bath  &  Wells 
being  seised  in  his  right  as  of  the  Bishoprick  of  and  in  the 
parsonage  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  in  the  town  of  Glaston 
in  said  Co.  together  with  the  Chapels  of  St.  Benings  in  said 
town  and  of  West  Pennarde  and  West  Bradley  in  said  Co. 
to  the  said  Rectory  annexed  and  so  seised  by  deed  indented 
dated  the  3"'  September  in  the  first  year  of  the  Reign  of  the 
late  Queen  Mary  devised  same  vnto  William  Barlowe  his 
son  for  term  of  80  years  from  the  expiration  of  a  term  for 
years  then  in  possession  of  Sir  Morris  Barteley,  Knt.  which 
term  was  now  long  since  ended  yeilding  and  paying  yearly 
£40. 12,. 4  rent  reserved  with  clause  of  reentry  &c.  the  said 
lease  confirmed  by  the  Dean  &  Chapter  of  Bath  &  Wells  & 
said  William  Barlowe  entered  &  was  possessed  of  said  par- 
sonage &c.  &  so  possessed  granted  the  same  to  John  Barlowe 
his  brother  &  said  John  Barlowe  in  consideration  of  the  sum 
of  ^280  by  Thomas  Huchins  &  John  Dawes  by  Deed  dated 
10  April,  15  Eliz^'\  granted  sd.  premisses  reserving  a  yearly 
rent  of  ^28  ouer  and  aboue  the  ^42.13.4  reserved  by  the 
Bishops  lease  with  condition  of  reentry  if  either  of  said  rents 
remain  unpaid  a  certain  time  &c.  The  said  Thomas  Huchins 
then  conveyed  his  interest  in  sd.  premises  to  William 
Hutchins  his  brother  yet  receiving  the  rents  profits  &c.  of  his 
moiety  for  life  and  said  Thomas  by  his  last  Will  &  tes- 
tament devised  same  to  Dorothy  his  wife  &  died  &  said 


66  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

John  Dawes  in  the  lifetime  of  said  Thomas  conveyed  his 
estate  in  sd.  premises  to  one  John  Yong  of  Sturminster 
Newton  Castell  in  Co.  Dor',  in  trust  to  sever  the  jointure 
&  after  the  death  of  said  Thomas  said  William  his  brother 
did  enter  into  possession  &c.  &  by  deed  dated  25  July,  21 
KHz*'',  granted  the  Glebe  lands  in  Glaston  &  West  Bradley 
to  said  John  Dawes  &  to  one  ffabyan  Ransburye  for  the 
use  of  the  said  John  Dawes  but  said  Dorothy  interrupted 
their  possession  by  virtue  of  her  said  husbands  will  and 
assigned  the  interest  to  the  said  John  Yong  in  trust  for  she 
intended  to  marry  with  one  Gregory  Morgan  and  being 
afraid  that  said  Gregory  might  spend  &  waste  away  the 
profitts  of  said  premisses  &  to  the  intent  to  reserve  same  to 
her  owne  vse  for  the  better  mayntenance  &c.  and  the  said 
John  Yong  in  trust  for  both  parties  allowed  them  to  take 
the  profits  and  the  said  Dorothy  not  long  after  married  said 
Gregory  Morgan,  and  not  long  after  said  Gregory  Morgan 
was  inforced  to  go  into  Ireland  being  in  great  danger  of 
arrest  by  reason  of  divers  debts  &c.  and  the  said  Gregory 
then  intreated  and  requested  the  said  John  Yong  and  one 
John  Hippisley,  gent,  to  employ  said  profits  on  his  the  said 
Gregories  behalf  but  the  said  rents  not  being  paid  in  con- 
sequence therof  the  sd.  John  Dawes  then  reentered  and 
shortly  after  a  new  deed  quadripartite  was  made  in  the  26''' 
yere  of  the  Reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  that  now  is  Between 
John  Barlowe  of  the  first  part  John  Dawes  of  the  second 
part  John  Yong  of  the  third  part  &  William  Hatch  of  the 
fourth  part  and  after  the  said  John  Dawes  assigned  his 
interest  vnto  yo""  Orato''  the  said  Richard  Eiles  &  your 
orator  entered  &  hath  enioyed  quiet  &  peacable  occupation 
of  sd.  premisses  for  the  space  of  12  yeres  or  thereabouts 
But  now  so  it  is  that  said  Gregory  Morgan  having  returned 
again  from  Ireland  &  being  acquainted  with  contents  & 
conditions  of  the  said  Indenture  did  agree  to  same  &c. 
Said  Gregory  Morgan  with  intent  for  the  utter  undoing  of 
you''  Orato''  hath  conspired  with  one  Fitzjames  &  others 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  67 

&c.     Your   Orator   praying   your   Lordship    to    issue   the 
Queens  Writ  in  the  Court  of  Comon  pleas  &c. 

With  Copy  of  Bill 

Answeres  of  the  several  defendants. 

Demurrer  of  Dorothie  Morgan 

Replication  of  Richard  Eyles 

Decree  &c. 

James  I,  Bundle  E  2,  number  60,  Saunders, 
o  ,      To   the    Rt.    Hon.    Thomas,  Ivord  KHesmere, 

18   MAY    1610  ,    ^  — ,  , 

lyord  Chancellor  of  England. 

Bill  of  Complaint  of  Nicholas  Eales  of  Buckfastlee  in 
Co.  Devon,  husbandman, — yeares  sethence  your  orato'"  was 
indebted  to  one  Robert  Bounde  in  sum  of  ^g.ios.  or  there- 
abouts by  Specialty  w'^h  your  Suppliant  intending  to  pay 
to  sd.  Bounde  entreated  to  meet  him  at  the  house  of  one 
Philpe  to  end  the  same  whether  he  came  but  refused  to 
make  any  end  of  the  said  matter  then  for  that  the  same 
was  an  alehouse  and  promised  shortly  after  that  same 
should  be  ended.  Your  SuppP.  being  also  indebted  to  one 
Shere  in  a  sum  of  fforty  shillings  by  one  Specialty  part 
thereof  being  paid  &c.  they  submitted  themselves  to  the 
arbitrament  of  one  Thomas  Caunter  &  others  who  awarded 
that  yo''  suppl'.  should  pay  for  use  of  sd.  monies  &  for 
other  things  &  for  full  satisfaction  of  sd.  debts  &  sums  of 
money  &  in  Exchange  and  buying  &  selling  of  horses  &c. 
which  came  into  the  hands  of  sd.  Shere  amounting  to 
;i^io  &  you'^  suppP.  at  sundry  times  bounden  to  one 
Rychard  Harrys  by  specialty  20  marks  &c.  &  having  paid 
such  debts  demanded  sd.  Specialtys  Bonds  &c.  &  called 
up  Richard  ffoster  &  William  Ilberte  two  of  their  neigh- 
bours to  witness  &c.  &  sd.  Harris  then  delivered  up  one  of 
sd.  Bonds  but  refuseth  to  deliver  other  sd.  Bonds  &  so  to 
make  end  of  the  matter  &  threatens  action  &c.  to  the 
undoing  of  your  suppP.  &c. 

(Bill  only) 


68  THE  JOHN   EELIvS   FAMII.Y. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  26,  number  41. 

,  ^     ^,  To  Rt.   Hon.  Thomas,  I,ord  Ellesmere,  Lord 
II  FKB.  (1612?)  '  ' 

Chancellor  of  England. 

Bill  of  Complaynt  of  Richard  Eles  of  Broadhempston  in 
Co.  Devon,  yeoman,  that  one  Nicholas  Sumpter  of  Broad- 
hempston aforesaid,  yeoman,  being  for  many  year  seised  of 
divers  lands  &c.  but  blind  &  decrepit  his  onely  son 
Edmond  manages  his  Estate  for  the  benefit  of  said  Nicholas 
&  sd.  Edmund  hath  granted  sundry  short  leases  of  parts  of 
said  lands  to  yo''  orator  with  license  to  plow.  On  or  about 
24  Jan'y,  9  his  Mat'*^^  reign  that  now  is  (  ?  James).  Now 
sd.  Nicholas  &  Edmond  Combining  to  defeat  yo''  orator  of 
the  crops  on  sd.  lands  have  Entred  2  actions  at  law  &  to 
further  vex  yo''  orator  have  entred  suits  against  two  of 
yo'^  orators  servants  Nicholas  Damerell  &  Thomas  Booye 
for  trespass  in  cutting  said  wheate  &c.  on  the  said  parcels 
of  land  denying  that  sayd  Nicholas  had  leased  sd.  lands, 
or  that  sd.  Edmond  had  power  so  to  do  &  the  sd.  agree- 
ment being  by  word  of  mouth  only  between  your  orator  & 
sd.  Edmond  &  your  orator  being  an  estranger  to  the  laws 
&c.  humbly  entreats  &c. 

(Bill  only) 

Series  II.     Bundle  307,  number  31,  Tothill. 

To  the  Right  Hon'"^  flfrancis,  Lord  Verulam, 

3   NOV.  1619  ^  , 

Lord  Chancellor  of  England. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  Rowland  Eeles  of  Chipping  Wic- 
kombe  in  Co.  Bucks,  mercer.  That  about  2  years  last 
past  one  John  Wheeler  of  London,  marchant,  having 
sould  certain  wheat  to  the  value  of  ^200  or  thereabouts  to 
one  Henry  Robinson  and  Samuel  Trone  of  Chipping 
Wickombe  aforesayd  mealmen  for  payment  of  which  the 
said  Robinson  &  Trone  became  bound  vnto  Robert  Bewick 
of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  marchant,  by  direction  of  said 
Wheeler  and  afterwards  the  said  Robinson  &  Trone  or 
some  person  at  their  instance  satisfied  and  paid  the  said 
Wheeler  (the  said  Bewicke  being  used  only  in  trust  and  is 


CHANCERY   PROCEEDINGS.  69 

unknown  to  your  orator)  the  sum  of  ^loo  parcel  of  the 
said  ^200  &c.  &  afterwards  making  default  of  payment  of 
the  residue  of  ^100  a  quantity  of  meal  of  the  said  Robin- 
son's of  the  value  of  ;^6o  was  attached  w'hin  the  City  of 
■  London  towards  the  satisfaction  of  the  said  sum  and  after- 
wards yo"^  orator  upon  the  promise  of  the  said  Robinson  & 
Trone  (for  the  discharge  of  the  said  meal)  that  they 
together  with  one  Robert  Cracknell  of  Chipping  Wickombe 
would  become  bound  in  a  Counterbond  of  ;^25o  t6  save 
your  Orator  harmless,  your  orator  became  bound  with  the 
said  Robinson  and  Trone  to  the  Said  Bewick  in  a  Bond  ot 
^200  conditioned  for  the  payment  of  the  said  sum  of  ;!^ioo 
left  unpaid  by  40*.  weekly  &  the  said  Robinson  &  Trone 
paid  ^15  to  the  said  Wheeler  by  weekly  payments  as 
aforesaid  But  now  the  sd.  Robinson  &  Trone  plotting 
with  one  George  Bradshaw  of  Chipping  Wickombe  afore- 
said to  get  of  yo''  orato''  the  penalty  of  the  said  Bond  and 
share  it  among  them  being  much  decayed  in  estate  &c.  do 
deny  to  give  the  said  Counterbond  for  security  to  your 
orator  and  have  entered  into  fresh  security  to  the  said 
Bewick  and  by  Combination  &  confederacy  with  the  said 
Wheeler  have  assigned  the  said  Bond  to  the  said  Bradshawe 
&  the  said  Bond  is  put  in  suit  at  Common  Law  against 
yo''  orator  &  yo''  orator  having  noe  remedy e  &c.  prays 
to  be  releived  &c. 

With  answer  of  Samuel  Trone  2  of  Defts  17  Nov.  161 9. 

With  answer  of  John  Wheeler  one  of  Defts  10  Nov.  1619 
&  replication  of  Rowland  Kyles  Complt  to  the  Answeres  of 
Defts. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  24,  number  37. 

o  ^^      ,        To  the  Rt.  Hon.  Francis,  Lord  Verulam,  Lord 
8  FEB.  1619  '  ' 

Chancellor  of  England. 

Bill  of  Compl't  of  John  Eyles  of  ffelpham,  Co.  Sussex, 

yeoman.     Sd.   John  Eyles  became  endebted  to  one  Hum- 

frey  Gratwicke  of  Arrundell  in  sd.  Co.  in  diuers  sums  & 

in  satisfaction  leased  certain  lands  in  ffelphom  for  10  years 


70  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMHvY. 

reserving  rent  of  ^20  p.  ann.  Same  being  worth  at  least 
£2,6  p.  ann.  &  sd.  Humfrie  entred  &c.  &  after  one  Robert 
Napper  of  Chichester,  Mercer,  combining  with  one  Robert 
Grevet  of  flfelphom,  butcher,  &  John  Reggat  of  Sidlesham, 
shoomaker,  how  to  get  sd.  inheritance  from  your  orator  & 
by  pretence  of  selling  a  mare  to  yo''  Orator  obtained  a  bond 
of  ^20  &  delivered  same  to  said  Napper  &  yo''  orator  was 
soon  after  threatened  with  arrest  at  the  suit  of  sd.  Napper 
&  on  the  advise  of  sd.  Grevet  fled  into  Guildford  in  Sur- 
rey but  sd.  Grevet  acquainting  said  Napper  with  yo''  orato''^ 
whereabouts  said  Napper  entered  suit  against  yo''  orator  at 
Guildford  &  threatened  yo""  orator  with  arrest  unless  he 
would  deliver  the  counterpart  of  sayd  lease  &c.  &  your 
orator  fearing  &c,  delivered  said  counterpart  to  sd.  Gratwicke 
on  assurance  of  said  Napper  that  all  bonds  &c.  should  be 
redelivered  to  yo''  orator.  Now  sayd  Napper  &  sd.  Grat- 
wicke utterly  refuse  &c. 

With    answers   of  John    Ruggett,     Humfry    Gratwicke 
&  Rob*  Napper. 

James  I,  Bundle  E  5,  number  35. 
To  the  Rt.  Hon^'^  &  Rt.  Rev''.  Father  in  God 

3  JUNE  1622 

John,  lyord  Bishop  of  lyincolne,  Lord  Keeper 
of  the  Great  Seal  &c. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  Richard  Eles  of  Broadhempston  in 
Co.  Devon,  gent.  That  whereas  one  Richard  Eles  dec'', 
Compl'ts  Grandfather  was  seised  of  divers  messuages  &c. 
in  Broadhempston  &  Elswhere  in  the  said  Countie  &  per- 
ceiving that  Edward  Eles  his  son  Compl'ts  father  had 
buried  his  first  wife  &  had  again  married  with  one  Joane 
Davye  w'h  whom  he  had  a  very  small  portion  not  exceed- 
ing 100  marks  &  Compl't  being  his  eldest  son,  the  sd. 
Richard  did  earnestly  entreat  the  said  Edward  that  what- 
soever estate  Should  come  to  the  said  Edward  from  the  said 
Richard  should  descend  to  Compl't  after  the  decease  of  the 
said  Edward  &  that  if  he  did  not  give  him  good  satisfac- 
tion that  he  would  perform  himself  what  he  desired  &  that 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  71 

he  would  himself  settle  his  estate  so  that  after  the  deaths  of 
the  said  Richard  &  Edward  the  said  estate  should  descend 
&  come  vnto  Compl't.  which  the  said  Edward  promised 
faithfully  he  would  do.  But  after  the  Death  of  the  said 
Richard  the  said  Joane  by  her  importunity  did  so  far  dis- 
inherit Compl't  as  to  enforce  the  said  Edward  to  give  to  her 
one  tenement  &c.  in  Broadhempston  of  the  yearly  value  of 
;^4o  for  her  life  in  lieu  of  her  dower  &  after  her  death  to 
Edward  Eles  her  son  &  the  said  Joane  after  the  death  of 
her  said  husband  did  enter  into  the  said  tenement  &c.  the 
same  being  a  full  third  of  all  the  lands  &c.  of  the  said  Ed- 
ward and  further  the  said  Edward  did  give  unto  his  son 
one  other  tenement  in  Broadhempston  of  the  value  of  ^lo 
yearly  &  also  by  his  last  will  did  give  to  the  said  Joane  & 
Edward  the  greatest  part  of  his  personal  estate  &  yet  the 
sd.  Johne  &  Edward  not  greatly  contented  and  perceiving 
that  the  said  Edward  had  made  Compl't  his  ex"'.  Not  only 
after  his  death  but  in  his  lyfe  time  confederated  with  one 
Anne  Smerdon  daughter  of  sd.  Johane  &  the  sd.  Joane 
Edward  &  Anne  did  get  into  their  hands  certain  deeds  & 
writings  &c.  &  did  carry  away  great  quantities  of  gold  & 
silver  plate  &  other  household  stuff  to  value  of  ;(<^300 
which  Compl't  did  demand  to  be  returned  and  agreeing  to 
arbitrament  it  was  agreed  that  Tobyas  Reynell,  Richard 
Blackaller,  Robert  Eeyden  &  Robert  Smerdon  being  near 
friends  should  hear  &  award  &c.  Prays  that  same  may  be 
discovered  &c. 

Answer  of  Johane  Eyles,  widowe,  Edward  Eyles  her 
son  &  Anne  Smerdon,  wife  of  Robert  Smerdon,  her  daugh- 
ter deft",  to  the  Bill  of  Complaint  of  Richard  Eyles  Compl't. 

Sworn  at  Aish'ton.  22  June,  20  James  I. 

James  I,  Bundle  E  2,  number  70,  Saunders. 
^      „     ^       To  the  Rt.  Hon.  &  Rev.  Father  in  God,  John, 

16  OCT.  1623 

Lord  Bishop  of  Lincolne,  Eord  Keeper  of  the 
Great  Seal  of  England. 
Bill   of  Complaint   of  Thomas   Eles   brother   &  heir  of 


72  THE  JOHN   EEIvIvS  FAMII^Y. 

William  Eles  dec''.  That  said  William  was  at  the  time  of 
his  death  &  long  time  before  seised  of  one  messuage  & 
other  lands  &c.  in  Walton  in  Co.  Warwick  &  sd.  lands 
&c.  with  all  Deeds  &c.  after  his  the  said  William  Eles  his 
death  descended  &  came  to  your  Orator  as  brother  &  heir 
of  sd.  William  &c.  But  one  Robert  Wilcocks,  gent.  & 
John  Browne  &  Anne  his  wife  has  possessed  themselves  of 
said  Deedes  &c.  and  have  entered  into  possession  of  said 
messuage  &c.  and  Your  said  Orato'^  at  sundry  times  hath 
entreated  the  sd.  Robert  Wilcocks  to  deliver  up  said  Writ- 
ings &  to  suffer  your  Orator  to  enter  quietly  &  peaceably 
into  said  messuage  &  to  enjoy  same  &  yet  they  do  still 
refuse  to  deliver  up  sd.  deeds  &c.  &  do  still  detain  the  said 
premises  &  by  reason  your  sd.  orator  hath  not  said  deeds 
in  his  possession  is  unable  to  recover  &  enter  said  premises 
and  therefore  humbly  beseecheth  &c.  whether  the  sd. 
messuage,  lands  &c.  were  the  inheritance  of  you'^  sd.  orators 
Ancestors  &c.  as  Inheritance  of  one  William  Daun  dec**, 
whose  heir  your  sd.  orato"^  is  &c.    With  Answer  of  Defts. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  B  3,  number  63. 
o.  ....r  ,Ao«   To  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  I^ord  Keeper  of  the  Great 

21  MAY  1020  •"• 

Seal. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  William  Eyles  late  of  Wargrave  in 
Co.  Berks  now  of  Burwey  in  sd,  Co.  in  parish  of  Sonning, 
yeoman,  was  circa  i  Charles  I.  seised  in  fee  simple  of  two 
Copy  holds  in  Wargrave  aforesaid  held  of  the  sd.  manor  of 
clear  yearly  vale  we  of  /■14.  &  worth  ^300  at  the  least  to  be 
sold.  One  Grifl&th  fferryman  of  Sonning  aforesaid  in  said 
year  hath  given  out  in  speeches  &c.  that  he  himself  was 
possessed  of  the  farmhouse  called  Burwey  farme  in  Sonning 
for  21  years  by  lease  from  Sir  Peter  Vanlore,  Knt.  deceased 
&  under  Color  of  such  representations  prevailed  vpon  yo"" 
Orato'"  to  forsake  his  holding  &c.  and  after  the  said  Griffin 
fferryman  pretended  to  advance  Moneys  to  stock  sd.  farm, 
but  in  sequel  of  a  Covetous  desire  to  strip  yo'"  Orator  of  his 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  73 

copyhold  Estate  prevailed  vpon  yo'  said  Orato""  to  borrow 
;^  I  CO  at  the  rate  of  ^8  per  loo  with  Conditional  surren- 
der to  Humfry  Newbery,  Esq.  steward  of  said  manor  & 
then  sd.  Gri£&n  demanded  repayment  of  sd.  ^loo  under 
coUor  that  one  Ivawrence  Halsted  had  purchased  the  interest 
of  sd.  Sir  Peter  Vanlore  &  Combining  &c. 

With  Answere  of  Grifl&n  fFeryman  29  May  1629. 

Bundle  E  3,  number  17. 
Replication  of  William  Eyles  Compl't  to  the 
Answere  of  GryflSn  fferryman  Def. 
Says  answeare  is  very  untrue  &  will  prove  his  said  Bill 
to  be  true,  &c. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  8,  number  3. 

,       To   the  Rt.   Hon.   Thomas,   Lord  Coventry, 
24  OCT.  1629  '  .  ^      , 

Ivord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England. 

Bill  of  Complaint  of  Thomas  Eyles  of  Tuttle  Street  in 
Co.  Middx.,  Brewer,  that  3  years  since  he  became  bound 
to  one  Edward  Powell  by  the  poyntment  of  one  John  Wing- 
feild  in  personal  sum  of  ^80  for  payment  of  ;!^42  yo"'  orator 
was  indebted  to  said  John  Wingfeild  which  said  ^42  was  to 
be  paid  by  the  deliury  of  3  barrels  of  beer  of  the  price  of 
6  shillings  each  barrel  every  week  until  the  said  sum  was 
fully  paid  &  yo''  orat"' .  did  immediately  deliuer  at  the  place 
appointed  &c.  every  week  &  until  so  much  as  ;^io  or  there- 
abouts had  been  deliu''.  in  satisfaction  of  said  sum  &  would 
have  continued  &c.  but  said  John  Wingfeild  then  refused 
to  accept  or  to  allow  any  other  person  or  persons  to  accept 
deliuery  &c.  &  sd.  John  &  Edward  combining  have  entred 
an  estate  in  Bankruptcy  &  with  the  assistance  of  the 
Comm''^  of  sd.  Court  have  entered  yo''  oraters  premises  & 
taken  away  certain  Books  of  account  &  your  orator  having 
debts  owing  to  him  of  about  ;i^350  is  at  a  loss  &c.  neither 
will  they  allow  your  orator  to  view  such  books  with  intent 
to  utterly  undo  yo''  sd.  orator  &c.      (Bill  only  much  faded.) 


74  THE  JOHN  EEIvLS  FAMILY. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  A  2,  number  58. 
14  APRIL      Answer   of  Edward    Underhall   Deft,  to   the 

CHARi.ES  I.  Bill  Qf  Compl't  of  Hugh  Awdley,  Esq. 
Compl't  (sworn  14  Apl  8  Chas)  Answer  of  Edmund  Eales, 
Deft,  to  same  (sworn  same  date)  Believes  that  Laurence 
Bolton  &  Edmund  Bolton  were  Seised  of  the  mano''  of 
Granborough  &  lands  belonging  of  the  value  of  ^525  p. 
ann.  as  mentioned  in  said  Bill  but  whether  they  did  about 
Nov^  1629  Contract  with  Compl't  to  sell  said  manor  defen- 
dant Knoweth  not.  Believes  that  Compl't  may  have  cer- 
tain leases  in  said  lands  &c  :  Denies  any  Combination  with 
the  other  Deft^  but  only  as  baylie  to  his  master  &  that 
Defendant  is  in  full  &  perfect  enjoyment  of  said  leases  if 
any  there  be  without  let  or  hindrance  from  deft,  prays  to 
be  dismissed. 

Answer  of  William  Radburne  &  Jane  his  wife  defts.  to 
Same.  Do  not  know  of  any  agreement  made  with  Compl't. 
Defts.  hold  a  lease  from  Compl't. 

Answer  of  George  Beale,  Clerk,  deft,  to  same  mentions  the 
Boltons,  Zacheus  Isham,  Ann  wife  of  Laurence  Bolton, 
Mary  wife  of  Edmond  Bolton.  Consideration  for  said 
manor  ^7800. 

Answer  of  Edmund  Bolton  &  Mary  his  wife  defts.  to 
Same.  That  said  Laurence  was  seised  of  the  manors  of 
Granborow  &  Wolscott  in  Co.  Warwick  &  the  Rectory  of 
Granborow  &  about  20  June,  18  James  there  was  an  agree- 
ment made  concerning  same  between  the  said  Laurence  & 
Edmund. 

Mentions  leases  &c.  to  Richard  Newdegate  &  William 
Radburne  &c.  (sworn  same  date) 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  8,  number  45. 
^    ,        To  Rt.  Hon.  Thomas,   Lord  Coventry,  Lord 

17  JUNE  1632  '  -^  ' 

Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal. 
Bill  of  Compl't  of  Thomas  Eales  of  Aishb'ton,  Co.  Devon, 
Cordineare  &  Katherine  his  wife  heretofore  the  wife  of  Zach- 
ary  Clewter  of  Newton  Abbott  in  sd.  Co.  dec'*.  &  one  of  the 


CHANCERY   PROCEEDINGS.  75 

daus.  of  John  Heywood  late  of  Highwicke  in  sd.  Co. ,  butcher 
also  dec''.  —  yrs  past  Robert  Babb  of  Newton  Abbot  seised  of 
a  close  or  closes  of  yearly  value  of  ^lo  in  Highwicke  afore- 
said &  Woolborowe.  Sd.  John  Babb  leased  to  said  John 
Heywood  Thomazine  his  wife  &  the  sd.  Katherine  your 
oratrix  &  the  longest  liver  of  them  &c.  &  sd.  John  Hey- 
wood entred  &c.  sd.  Thomasine  dyed  before  sd.  John  &  the 
sd.  John  Heywood  died  so  seised  &  said  lands  ought  to 
come  to  your  sd.  oratrix  but  being  then  married  to  the  sd. 
Zachary  Clewter  sd.  lease  came  into  the  hands  of  John 
Heywood  son  of  aforesayd  John  since  also  dec'',  or  to  his 
son  Gilbert  &  the  sd.  John  the  son  &  Gilbert  entred  &c. 
&  enjoyed  the  profits  &c.  during  the  widowhood  of  sd. 
Katherine  &  now  the  sd.  John  the  son  &  the  sd.  Zachary 
being  dec'',  the  sd.  Gilbert  doth  still  detain  the  sd.  lease  & 
premises  &c.  &  yo''  orator  quietly  demanding  the  sd.  lease 
&  premises  sd.  Gilbert  doth  utterly  refuse  to  allow  yo' 
orators  to  enter  &c.  &  pleads  that  there  was  arbitrament 
between  sd.  Zachary  &  sd.  John  with  answer  of  Gilbert 
Haywood. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  29,  number  13,  Maydwell. 

The  Replication  of  Thomas  Eales  &  Kathe- 
ryne  his  wife  Compl"^  vnto  the  answeere  of 
Gilbert  Hayward  def\ 

The  said  Replyants  all  advantage  of  Exception  to  the 
uncertainties  of  the  said  answer  now  &  at  all  tymes  &c. 
for  speeding  the  said  Cause  for  hearing  Saith  that  the  said 
Defd'^  answer  is  very  imperfect  &c.  &  that  of  right  the 
lands  in  question  ought  to  come  to  Said  Compl".  Katherine 
either  by  grant  bequest  &c.  from  the  said  Rob'.  Babb  or 
John  Haywood  in  the  Bill  named  &  if  any  award  made  it 
was  against  Zachary  Clouter  Comp^*^  former  husband  & 
he  being  deceased  the  award  is  void  &c.  &  that  the  matters 
in  the  said  Bill  are  true  &c. 

Ev.  Trin.  Ulto. 


76  THE  JOHN   EELIvS  FAMILY. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  K  12,  number  32. 

To  the  Rt.  Hon'ble  Tho.,  lyord  Coventry, 
24  JUNE  (1633?)  ^^  Keeper  of  the  Greate  Seale  of  England. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  Thomas  Eyles  of  Tuttle  Streete  in  or 
near  Westminster  in  Co.  Midd.  the  elder,  that  10  years 
since  Sir  Edward  flfrauncis,  Knt.  was  possessed  of  a  certain 
house  in  Tuttle  St.  for  a  term  of  years  not  yet  expired  & 
leased  same  to  yo'  orator  for  28  yeares  at  a  yearly  rent 
of  ^3  &  yo''  orator  converted  same  at  Great  costs  into  a 
brewhouse  &  made  great  additions  at  a  cost  of  ^100  or 
more  &  greatly  increased  the  value  &c.  &  your  orator  in 
need  of  monies  to  do  so  sd.  Sir  Edward  lent  yo'  orator  ;^5o 
&  likewise  became  surety  for  yo'^  orato"^  for  ;i^50  more  to 
one  Allen  ffenner.  Sayd  Sir  Edward  ffrauncis  &  Allen 
ffenner  both  now  deceased  about  5  years  Since  &  sir  Edward 
made  his  will  making  his  wife  &  Sir  William  Goring,  Bart, 
his  Exors.  &  shortley  after  his  death  the  sd.  lady  fifrancis 
&  Sir  Edward  Goring  intermedled  with  the  leases  Granted 
by  Sd.  Sir  Edward  flfrauncis  &  authorized  one  Edmond 
Church  to  deal  with  the  business  &  therupon  yo'^  orator 
made  a  fresh  agreement  with  sd.  Sir  William  Goring  for 
22  years  &  for  one  other  house  called  the  daker  House 
otherwise  y*^  labour  in  vain  with  right  of  renewall  &c.  & 
also  about  4  yrs.  since  a  bargain  was  made  with  one  William 
Gynger  of  Ivinghoe,  Co.  Kent,  malster,  to  give  Credit  to 
yo'  orator  for  so  much  malt  as  would  come  to  ^50  to  be 
delivered  as  yo'  orator  desired  &  yo'  orator  with  one  Willm 
Dancie,  Esq.  &  one  W™.  Grover  the  younger  became  bound 
in  ;^ioo  for  payment  of  sayd  malt  which  amounted  to 
;^44.5.o  &  although  no  more  had  been  deliuered  said  parties 
entred  a  suit  against  yo'  orator  to  recover  the  full  penalty 
although  sayd  sum  had  been  offered  yet  they  claim  a  bal- 
ance &c.  &  Execution  was  levied  by  one  Nathaniell  Samp- 
son the  Sherriflf  &c. 

With  Answer  of  Sir  William  Goring  deft. 


CHANCERY   PROCEEDINGS.  77 

Charles  I,  Bundle  En,  number  5. 
The  Replication  of  Thomas  Eyles  Compl't. 
To  the  Answers  of  Sir  William  Goreing,  Bart. 
&  Nathaniell  Sampson,  gent.  Def  ts. 

Averres  that  the  Bill  is  true  &  the  Answers  untrue  &  is 
prepared  to  swear  &c. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  21,  number  18, 

I  MAY  16^5    '^^  ^^^  Right  Hon.  Thomas,  Eord  Coventr)^ 
Lord  Keeper  of  the  Greate  Seale  of  England. 
Bill  of  Complaynt  of  Thomas  Eyles  of  Tuttle  St.  in  the 
Cittie  of  Westminster,  Co.  Midd.  the  Elder. 

A  similar  Bill  to  above. 
With  Answers  of  Edmond  Church,  Arthur  Apis,  Edward 
Wood  &  Job  Bradshawe  Def 'ts. 
"  Sr.  WiUiam  Goring  Deft. 
"  "  "  William  Dancey,  Esq.  Deft. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  En,  number  9. 
Demurrer  of  Sir  WilHam  Goring,  Bar',  one  of 
15  JUNE  (1632?)  the  Def  "^  to  the  Bill  of  Complaynt  of  Thomas 
Eyles,  Comp'". 
That  the  Bill  consists  of  several  parts  having  no  Coherence. 
First      against  this  def",  on  a  pretended  mortgage. 
Second  That  an  agreement  was  made  by  Edmond  Church 
mentioned  in  said  Bill  with  Compl".  that  this  deft, 
should   make   a  lease  of  a  certain  messuage   &c. 
called  the  Eabor  in  Vain  &  that  the  said  Church  is 
not  made  a  party  to  this  suit. 
Third     Concerning  a  bargain  of  Malt  to  value  of  ^50  made 
by    Compl'^    upon   one    William    Gynger    &   said 
Gynger  is  not  made  any  party  &c. 
Fourth  Against  Richard  Dancy,  Esq'.  &  William  Grover 
2  other  def.  concerning  a  bond  of  ^100,  whereof 
he  supposed  the  most  part  to  be  paid  &  yet  said 
Dancey  &  Grover  obtained  Judgement  against  sd. 
Compl't. 


78  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMII/Y. 

I^astly   Against  Nathaniel  Sampson  then  Under  Sherifif  of 

Middx.   for  taking  pltfs  goods  in  Execution  and 

selling  them  at  low  rates  &  prices  &  Keeping  some 

of  the  monies  for  his  own  use  &  benefit  &c. 

All  w^h  matters  this  def.  conceiveth  are  of  several  natures 

&c.  &  requireth  several  Examinations,  degrees  &c. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  4,  number  38. 

Plea  and  demurrer  of  Richard  Dancey  one  of 
,  -    J,  ■      the  Def*^  to  the  Bill  of  Complaynt  of  Thomas 

Eyles  CompP. 
That  in  the  term  of  St.  Michaell  the  Archangell  1629. 
Compl".  before  exhibited  his  bill  of  Complaint.  Bargain 
made  between  Compl".  &  one  William  Ginger  for  Malt  to 
value  of  ^53.  &  that  compl't.  this  Def".  and  William 
Grover  the  younger  became  bound  in  ^100  to  said  Ginger 
for  payment.  &  that  Compl".  payed  for  all  the  amount  that 
was  due  to  said  Ginger  Except  ^4.  is.  id.  &  said  Grover  and 
this  Def'^  Made  answer  to  the  suit  then  intituted  &  Judge- 
ment for  ^69  in  costs  &c.  made  against  this  def".  One 
John  Powell  of  the  Strand  Exhibited  his  bill  of  compl". 
against  this  def '*.  in  respect  of  Execution  &c.  prays  to  be 
dismissed  &c. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  7,  number  48. 
0  ,       To   the    Rt.    Hon.    Thomas,  IvOrd  Coventry, 

28  JUNE   1637  -^ 

Eord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  Margarett  Eales  of  Staverton,  Co. 
Devon,  widow.  Whereas  Edward  Cooke  &  John  Luscombe, 
Esquires,  Eords  or  farmers  of  the  Manno^  of  Staverton  for 
a  long  term  of  years  not  yet  run  out,  of  the  grant  &c.  of 
the  Dean  &  Chapter  of  the  Cathedral  Church  of  St.  Peter, 
Exeter  &c.  said  Lords  granted  to  James  Eales  yo''  sd. 
oratrixes  late  husband  certeine  copyhold  Messuages  &c. 
&  sd.  James  Eales  became  seised  of  sd.  messuages  &  so 
seised  of  sd.  Coppiehould  married  your  oratrix  &  had  a 
good  portion  with  her  &c.  &  dyed  after  whose  decease  your 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  79 

oratrix  ought  to  hold  said  messuages  &c.  according  to  the 
custom  of  the  said  Manor  and  your  oratrix  entered  into 
possession  of  sd.  messuages.  But  nowe  one  William 
Hellier,  Clarke,  one  of  the  Canons  of  the  said  Cathedral 
churche  hath  by  divers  means  procured  from  said  Edward 
&  John  the  interest  in  sd.  messuages  &  hath  taken  said 
lease  in  the  name  of  Henry  Hellier  his  son  now  deceased, 
&  said  Henry  Granted  an  estate  in  said  messuages  to 
John  Hellier  grandson  of  the  said  William  and  the  said 
William  Hellier  desired  to  thrust  out  and  Evict  your  said 
oratrix  &  by  Combination  with  one  Samuell  Tubball,  Cl'k, 
procured  the  said  John  Hellier  to  make  an  entry  &c.  and 
after  obtained  an  Ejectment  lease  &  your  oratrix  was 
arrested  thereupon  &c.  &  refuse  your  oratrix  to  have  a 
view  of  the  Court  Roll,  Court  Book,  deedes  &c. 
(Bill  only.) 

Charles  I,  Bundle  En,  number  28. 

6  TUNE  i6^Q    '^°  ^^^  ^^*   ^^^-  Thomas,   Lord   Coventrye, 

Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England. 
Bill  of  Compl'*,  of  Robert  Eales  of  Granborough,  Co. 
Warr.,  husbandman.  William  Eales  late  of  Grandborough 
in  sd. "Co.,  husbandman,  dec'',  father  of  yo'  orator  about 
9  or  10  years  last  past  borrowed  of  one  Richard  Harris  late 
of  same  place,  laborer,  dec'^  £6  &  with  yo'  orato'.  entered 
into  bond  of  ^12  with  said  Richard  &c.  your  orator  being 
but  a  surety  &  your  orators  sd.  father  with  consent  of  sd. 
Richard  did  yearly  pay  the  interest  on  said  ^6  &  also  paid 
20^  part  of  sd.  principal  a  little  before  the  decease  of  sd. 
Rich''  now  3  years  last  past  &  said  Richard  died  intestate. 
Now  Mary  Harris,  Spinster,  dau'r,  of  sd.  Richard  hath 
taken  letters  of  administration  on  his  estate  and  hath 
entered  into  a  suit  at  law  on  the  said  obligation  of  ;^  12 
against  yo""  sd.  orator.  Offers  to  pay  ^"5  remainder  of  sd. 
principal  with  reasonable  damages  for  interest  since  death 
of  said  Richard  Harris  &c.  With  answer  of  Mary  Harris 
def". 


80  THE  JOHN   EELIvS  FAMILY. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  27,  number  53. 

To    Rt.    Hon.    Sr.    Edward    Littleton,    Knt. 

6  FEB.   1640 

Eorde  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England. 

Bill  of  Complaint  of  Nicholas  Eales  citizen  &  Joyner  of 
lyondon  using  the  mystery  of  buying  and  selling  of  wood 
&  coales  &c.  at  a  wharf  near  Dowgate  Hill,  hath  a  great 
stock  &  there  did  drive  a  good  trade  which  one  Robert 
Churchman,  Beadle  of  the  Merchantaylors  Hall  in  London, 
well  Knowing  &  Knew  3^0'  orato'  had  but  one  daughter  one 
whom  he  conceived  yo'"  orato'  would  settle  all  or  a  Great 
parte  of  his  estate  &c.  &  having  a  son  newly  come  from 
beyond  the  seas.  &  having  spent  a  greate  part  of  his  fathers 
estate  &c.  he  the  sd.  Robert  was  very  desirous  to  match 
his  sd.  son  John  to  this  defend'*'  daur.  Sara  &  did  promise 
to  settle  ;^ioo  on  the  marriage  &  that  ^400  which  the  said 
Robert  &  John  had  in  an  adventure  at  sea  should  in  4  mos 
be  paid  for  the  better  Maintenance  of  sd.  John  &  Sara  &c. 
&  to  convey  lands  &c.  to  yearly  value  of  ^32  &  a  yearly 
rent  of  25;^  after  the  death  of  wife  of  sd.  Robert,  &c.  & 
your  orator  not  doubting  the  promises  consented  to  sd. 
marriage  &  sd.  Robert  directed  one  John  Pickering  of  Lon- 
don scrivener  his  son-in-law  to  draw  up  some  writings  & 
shortly  after  the  said  Mariage  the  said  Robert  &  John  & 
John  Pickering  Combined  together  &  shewing  your  orator 
said  writings  &c.  your  orator  sealed  same  without  however 
their  being  read  to  him  they  declaring  &c.  &  shortly  after 
brought  another  note  of  agreement  for  your  orator  to  sign 
promising  former  agreement  should  be  cancelled  &c.  & 
now  giveth  forth  that  said  note  is  a  bill  or  bond  for  ^600 
for  your  orator  to  pay  to  said  Robert,  and  also  Endeavoring 
to  get  all  your  orators  Estate  into  their  custody  &c. 

With  Answer  of  Robert  &  John  Churchman  &  John 
Pickering. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  24,  number  69. 
To  the  Rt.   Hon.  Sir  Edw".  Littleton,   Knt. 

15  FEB.   1640  ,  -  ^        ,         1 

Lord  Keeper  of  the  Greate  Seale  of  England. 


CHANCERY   PROCEEDINGS.  81 

Compl't.  of  Nicholas  Eales  cit.  &  Woodmonger  of  Lon- 
don  that  Sir  Moulton  lyambert,  Kt.  while  he  lived  of  West- 
combe  in  the  parish  of  Easte  Green ewich  in  Co.  Kent, 
dec'',  was  seised  of  a  messuage  or  wharf  in  the  parish  of 
Greate  Allhallowes  Eondon  between  the  river  of  Thames 
South,  the  Common  Dock  West  &  Cozen  lane  East,  with 
Stable  &  loft  &c.  &  other  rooms  appurtaining  &c.  demysed 
to  one  Richard  Wootton  deceased  &  so  seised  by  lease  26 
April  1633  for  Consideration  of  ^"36  paid  by  yo'  orator 
whereof  ^6  to  be  payd  to  Dame  lady  Garrard  his  then  wife 
&  the  yearly  rent  &c.  as  by  sayd  indenture  more  at  large 
appeareth  &c.  with  right  of  purchase  &c.  &  yo''  orator 
entered  &c.  &  after  said  Sir  Moulton  Lambard  died  &  yo'' 
orator  was  informed  about  7  years  since  that  sayd  rents  &c. 
belonged  to  the  said  Dame  Jane  Eambard  the  widow  & 
relict  &  you'  orator  duly  tendered  said  rents  &c.  &  said 
rents  were  accepted  &  yo''  orator  continued  to  enjoy  sayd 
premises  &  about  2  y"  since  said  Dame  Jane  married  with 
Sir  John  Garrard,  Kt.  who  also  accepted  said  rent  &  suf- 
fered yor  orato''  to  continue  &  enjoy  said  wharf  &c. 
Sayd  Sir  John  Garrard  now  deceased  &  some  differences 
arising  between  yor  orator  &  Thomas  Eambard,  Esq.  son 
&  heir  of  said  S"".  Moulton  &  son  to  sd.  Dame  Jane.  The 
said  Thomas  hath  often  by  word  of  mouth  &  by  letters 
solicited  the  sd.  Dame  Jane  to  question  yo''  orato''*  estate  in 
sayd  premisses  &c.  &  having  gotten  possession  of  the  orig- 
inal lease  by  Combination  with  one  Michaell  Covell  to  dis- 
possess yo''  orator  have  entred  a  suit  at  law  &c. 

With  Answer  of  Dame  Jane  Garrard,  Widdowe  &  Michaell 
Covell,  gent. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  11,  number  7. 

MCH  1641     Replication  of    Nicholas   Eales   Compl't.    to 
the  Answers  of  Dame  Jane  Garrard,  wydowe, 
Michaell  Covell,  gent.  &  Thomas  Eambard,   Esq.  Def'ts, 
avers  that  matters  in  the  bill  are  true  &c. 


82  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  H  2,  number  33,  John  Page. 
JURAT  21  MAY  The  answer  of  Thomas  Lambard,  Esq',  one 
^^41         of  the  defd''^   to  the  Bill  of  Complainte  of 
Nicholas  Kales,  compl"^. 
Said  def'^  saving  to  himself  the  insufficiency  of  the  said 
Bill  and  that   the  said  Bill  &  matters  are  insufficient  to 
maintain  the  suit  against  the  def*.    &  are  rather  out  of 
spleen  &  malice  &  to  cause  unnecessary  charges  that  any 
Just  cause  &c.  but  to  make  full  answer  concerning  sd.  Def'^ 
doth  Conceive  it  to  be  true  that  Sir  Moulton  lyambard,  Knt. 
deceased  this  deft"^  father  was  lawfully  seised  of  &  in  the 
Wharfe  &  wharfe  grounde,    &c.    in   sd.    parish  of  Great 
Alhallowes  I^ondon  &  that  he  did  in  his  lifetyme  make  a 
lease  of  sd.  Wharf  &c.  to  the  Compl'^  Nicholas  Bales  & 
had  power  to  make  such  lease  but  denieth  that  he  doth  in 
any  way  hinder  &c.  said  Conlp^'^^   or  did  combine  with 
dame  Jane  Garrard  this  def'ts.  Mother  &  Michaell  Covell 
or  either  of  them  Def'ts.   to  this  Bill  &  prays  to  be  dis- 
missed &c. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  5,  number  16. 

„  ,       To   the   Rt.  Hon.  Edward,    L,ord    lyittleton, 

8  JUNE  1641  ,    ^  ^  , 

lyord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  Thomas  Eyles  son  &  heir  appar- 
ent of  Thomas  Eyles  of  Sherfield,  Co.  South' S  yeo- 
man, late  dec'^.  William  Eyles  of  Sherfield  yor  orators 
Grandfather  was  seised  of  a  messuage  called  Carters 
in  Sherfield  &  24  acres  arable,  7  acres  pasture,  4  acres 
meadow,  2  acres  wood,  &c.  in  Sherfield  worth  ^40  per 
annum  or  thereabouts  &  so  seised  took  to  wife  one  Ann 
Stiffe  daughter  of  Thomas  Stiffe  heretofore  of  Bramley  in 
sd.  Co.  Clothier  &  growing  indebted  to  divers  persons 
about  50  years  last  past  Conveyed  said  lands  to  sd.  Thomas 
Stiffe  for  a  certain  consideration  &  about  45  years  since 
died,  said  Thomas  yo'  orators  father  being  his  only  son 
&  heir,  sd.  Thomas  then  settle  his  Estate  on  his  said  daur. 
Ann  he  to  have  use  &c.  for  life  &  after  &  then  after  to  said 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  83 

Ann  and  after  her  decease  to  said  Thomas  your  orators 
father  &  his  issue  &c.  and  sd.  Thomas  StifFe  made  his  last 
will  &  about  40  years  since  last  past  died  &  said  Ann  then 
entered  into  possession  of  sd.  messuage,  lands  &c.  &  died 
about  30  years  last  past  &  sd.  Thomas  Eyles  yo''  orato" 
father  then  entred  &c.  &  about  2  years  since  died.  Now 
Elizabeth  Tailor  of  the  parish  of  St.  Martins  in  the  ffeilds, 
Co.  Midd.,  widow,  William  Wyfold  of  Herfield,  Co. 
South'*.,  Gent.  &  Thomas  Wyfold  of  the  city  of  West"" 
having  got  possession  of  the  deeds  &  will  of  sd.  Thomas 
Stiffe  &c.  have  given  out  that  your  orator  hath  no  title  of 
possession  to  sd.  premisses  &c. 

With  answere  of  Elizabeth  Tailor  &  Thomas  Wifold. 
31  June  1641. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  9,  number  12, 

-  Further  Answer  of  Elizabeth  Tailor  &  Thomas 
II  FEB.  1641 

Wyfold  to  the  Bill  of  Compl't.  of  Thomas 
Eyles. 

Beleive  that  said  Walter  Tailor  mentioned  in  said  Bill 
did  truly  pay  the  said  sum  of  ^540  for  sd.  messuage  to 
sayd  Compl"^  father. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  10,  number  68. 

-  Answer  of  W™.  Wyfold  one  of  the  Deft's  to 

3  MAY  1042 

the  bill  of  Compl't  of  Thomas  Eyles  Compl't. 
Has  been  informed  that  Thomas  Eyles  Compl'ts  father 
was  seised  of  the  messuage  in  the  Bill  mentioned  &  so 
seised  Compl'ts  father  &  Ann  his  wife  by  Indenture  tripar- 
tite 20  Sept.,  12  Chas.  between  sd.  Thomas  &  Ann  of  the 
first  part  &  this  deft  &  Thomas  Hellhouse  of  the  2"'*  part 
&  Walter  Tailor  since  dec'i.  &  Elizabeth  Tailor  this  def'ts 
sister  by  the  name  of  Elizabeth  I,ewin,  widdow,  &  Thomas 
Lewin  her  son  &  heir  the  other  deft  Thomas  Wyfold  this 
def  ts  brother  of  the  3'"'^  part  for  consideration  of  ^540 
granted  to  this  Def  t  &  the  said  Thomas  Hellhouse  the  said 
messuage  &c.,  &c.  &  should  levy  a  fine  to  use  of  the  sayd 


84  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS  FAMIIvY. 

Walter  Tailor,  Elizabeth  &   Thomas  Ivewin  &   that  said 
sum  was  duly  paid  to  Compl'ts  father  &c. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  14,  number  29. 
^^      ^.     To   the   Rt.    Hon.    Edward,   I^ord  Uttelton, 

12  FEB.  I641  '  ' 

Ivorde  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  Edward  Eyles  of  Lonham  in  Co. 
South",  yeoman.     3  years  last  past  was  seised  of  a  close  of 
arrable  land  in  parish  of  Meane  stoke  in  sd.  Co.  of  15  acres 
or  therabouts  called  Shawford  Close  &  so  seised  some  treaty 
passed  between  yo''  orator  &  one  John  Horner  of  Exton  in 
sd.   Co.,  yeoman,  concerning  the  sale  of  sd.  close  &  the 
said  John  being  willing  to  purchase  &  your  orator  in  need 
of  the  use  of  some  monies  about  May,  15  Charles  borrowed 
of  sd.  John  Horner  ^10  upon  obligation  indented  about 
said  date  &  became  bound  in   the  sum  of  ^^20  to  pay  the 
sd.  ^10  on  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangell  next 
following  &  about  3  weeks  before  said  feast  day  your  orator 
paid  the  saied  sum  and  forgot  to  take  up  the  obligation  & 
shortly  after  came  to  an  agreement  as  to  the  sale  of  the 
said  close  for  the  sum  of  ^100  &c.  &  being  indebted  to 
divers  persons  did  acquaint  them  with  said  agreement  & 
promised  to  pay  his  indebtedness  on  receipt  of  sd.   ^100. 
But  now  sd.  John  Horner  being  a  greedy  &  Couetous  man 
&  knowing  your  orators  necessitj^  &  that  he  being  a  very 
young  man  &  only  Just  lately  of  age  to  sell  the  sd.  close, 
but  being  as  aforesaid  bound  to  sd.  Horner  to  sell  the  same. 
The  said  John  Horner  doth  utterly  refuse  to  pay  the  said 
sum  of  ^100  or  to  allow  your  orator  to  make  sale  to  any 
other  person   &  doth   likewise  refuse   to  deliver   up   said 
obligation  of  ;^2o  but  demanded   ^10  more  forfeiture  of 
said  obligation  &  your  orator  being  ignorant  of  the  law 
was  forced  to  pay  sd.  sum  &  release  the  said  Horner  of  his 
agreement  to  buy  the  saied  close   &  thereby  was  unable 
to  satisf}'-  his  creditors  as  promised  &  to  do  so  hath  suflfered 
greivous  loss  in  having  to  sell  said  close  at  a  loss  of  ;^2o  &c. 
(Bill  only) 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  85 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  lo,  number  23. 
^^      ,      To  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  (Ed)  Littleton,  Eord  Keeper 

12  l^EB.  1641  ^        ^  ^ 

of  the  Great  Seal  of  England. 

Bill  of  Compr*  of  Edward  Eyles  of  (Loshani?)  in  Co. 
South'-.,  yeoman  (smothered  in  mud  &  practically  unread- 
able) 

Answer  of  John  Horner,  deft  of  Epton  in  sd.  Co.  about 
a  close  of  arrable  land  in  Meonstoke  in  sd.  Co.  held  of  the 
"Warden  &  Scholars  of  the  college  of  Winton  of  the  value 
of  ^100  &  borrowed  Monies  &c. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  E  13,  number  7. 
To  the  R\  Hon"^'^  Edward,  Lord  Littleton, 
Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England. 
Bill  of  Complaynt  of  Richard  Eles  of  Broadhempston  in 
Co.  Devon,  yeoman.  That  at  the  request  of  Richard 
Blackaller  of  Broadhempston  aforesaid  about  20  years  since 
last  past  yo''  orato''  became  joyntly  bound  with  said  Richard 
Blackaller  to  one  John  Shapleigh  of  Totnes  in  sd.  Co., 
merchant,  for  the  sum  of  /'60  and  to  one  William  Began, 
Esq^  for  ^40  and  yo"'  orator  trusting  in  the  promises  of 
said  Blackaller  that  said  sums  would  be  duly  paid  took  not 
a  counterbond  of  the  said  obligations  from  him.  Now  the 
Ex'ors  of  the  said  Shaply  and  the  said  William  Began 
demand  payment  of  said  monies  from  your  sd.  orator, 
which  your  orator  not  having  heard  or  enquired  of  said 
Shapleigh  if  said  monies  were  paid  albeit  which  he  thought 
were  long  since  paid  being  20  years  past  borrowed  &c.  and 
now  sd.  Executors  of  the  Said  Shapleigh  the  said  William 
Began  and  the  said  Blackaller  declare  part  of  said  monies 
to  be  your  orators  debt  well  knowing  that  yo'  orator  had 
no  part  of  said  monies  &  have  entered  a  suit  at  law  &c. 
(Bill  only) 

Before  1714,  Collins  I,  Bundle  104. 
To  the  R\  Hon.  the  Lords  Commissioners  for 
the  Keeping  of  the  great  Seal  of  England. 


86  THE  JOHN  EELI.S  FAMILY. 

Bill  of  Compl't  of  Edward  Eales  of  Broadhempson,  Co. 
Devon,  gent',  one  of  the  Executors  of  the  last  Will  of 
Richard  Eales  late  of  Broad  Hempson,  gent.  dec**,  his 
father.  That  sd.  Richard  Eales  at  the  request  of  one 
Richard  Blackaller  late  of  Broad  Hempson,  yeoman  dec*^. 
with  sd.  Richard  Blackaller  &  as  his  security  about  March, 
22  James,  became  bound  to  one  John  Shapley  of  Totnes  in 
sd.  Co.,  merchant,  also  now  deceased,  in  a  bond  of  ^60  for 
payment  of  ^30  and  interest  at  a  certain  day  long  since 
past  &  did  take  no  counterbond  from  sd.  Blackaller  to  save 
himself  harmless.  The  said  Blackaller  duly  paid  interest 
until  about  22  years  past  when  sd.  Shapley  made  his  will 
&  John  Shapley  his  eldest  son  &  heir  his  Executor  &  sd. 
Blackaller  continued  paying  sd.  monies  for  interest  &  about 
1 2  years  since  sayd  John  Shapley  made  his  will  &  appointed 
Robert  Shapley  his  brother  Phillipp  Eevy  &  Lawrence 
Addams  of  Totnes,  marchants,  &  Gilbert  Eveleigh  of 
Totnes,  gent.,  Executors  &  shortly  after  died.  But  sayd 
Blackaller  did  either  pay  the  sayd  John  Shapley  the  son 
the  principal  of  ^30  with  the  interest  due  in  his  life  time 
or  shortly  after  to  one  of  his  Ex'"'.  &  sayd  Robert  Shapley 
hath  himself  acknowledged  said  sums  were  satisfied.  The 
sayd  Blackaller  died  about  3  years  since  &  on  his  death  bed 
affirmed  that  said  Principal  &  interest  were  duly  paid  & 
said  bond  ought  to  be  delivered  up.  But  now  the  sd.  John 
Shapley,  Phillipp  Eevy,  Lawrence  Addams  &  Gilbert  Eve- 
leigh have  entered  said  Bond  in  a  suit  against  yo""  Orato'^ 
alone  well  knowing  that  Margaret  Eales  yo"^  orators  mother 
was  joynt  executor  w*h  him  &  hath  administered  the  goods 
of  the  sayd  Richard  Eales  &  Sayd  Robert  Shapley  doth 
prosecute  his  suit  well  knowing  it  was  the  debt  of  the  sd. 
Richard  Blackaller  alone,  a  man  of  means  &  well  able  to 
satisfy  his  debts  himself  &c. 

With  plea  &  demurrer  of  Robert  Shapleigh,  Phillip  Levy, 
Laurence  Adames  &  Gilbert  Eveleigh  def'ts  to  the  Bill  of 
Compl't  of  Edward  Eales  Compl'*. 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  87 

That  in  22  Charles  the}-  have  alredy  obtained  Judgment 
&  Costs  in  the  same  matter. 

Before  1714,  Collins  I,  Bundle  135. 
To  the  Right  Hon^'^  the  Lords  Commission- 
ers for  the  Keeping  of  the  Great  Seal  of  Eng- 
land. 

Bill  of  Compl"  of  George  Bales,  W".  Kales,  Samuell 
Eales  &  Mary  Bales  infants  under  the  age  of  one  &  twenty 
years  by  George  Bales  of  I^ondon,  gent',  their  flfather  & 
prochein  amy  son  of  William  Bales.  That  George  Bales  of 
Brownsover,  Co.  Warr.,  yeoman,  yo''  orato"  Greate  Uncle 
(that  is  to  say  brother  to  William  Bales  who  was  father  to 
George  Bales  yo''  Orator^  father)  being  possessed  of  personal 
Estate  to  value  of  one  thowsand  pounds  &  upwards  about 
J  St  December  1655  made  his  Will  &  Thomas  Pettifer  of 
Brownsover  in  sayd  Co.  Warr.  his  Executor  therof  & 
directed  that  ;!^200  should  continue  in  his  said  Executors 
hands  during  the  life  of  his  brother  Nicholas  Eales.  &  his 
Executors  to  paj^  to  his  said  brother  Nicholas  twelve  pounds 
per  annum  interest  on  sayd  ^200  for  his  life  and  after  the 
death  of  the  said  Nicholas  he  bequeathed  /^/^o  part  of  the 
said  ;^2oo  to  yo''  orato'^  in  these  words.  I  give  and  bequeath 
to  George  Bales  his  children  the  son  of  my  brother  William 
Eales  JC40  equally  to  be  divided  among  them  being  part  of 
/■200  by  my  Executor,  after  the  death  of  my  brother 
Nicholas  &c.  and  shortly  after  said  George  Eales  died  & 
sayd  Thomas  Pettifer  proved  his  will  &  took  possession  of 
his  personal  estate  &c.  &  kept  in  his  hands  or  put  out  to 
interest  the  sayd  ^200  and  paid  to  the  Sayd  Nicholas  12  ^ 
p.  ann.  till  his  death  about  November  last  past,  and  after 
the  death  of  the  said  Nicholas  the  said  Pettiflfer  ought  of 
right  to  have  paid  yo''  orators  the  sayd  sum  of  ^400  &c. 
being  all  children  of  the  sayd  George  Eales  &  all  born  at 
the  time  of  the  said  George  Eales  you''  orato"  Great  Uncle 
his  death  &  have  by  their  father  &  guardian  several  times 
demanded  the  said  sum  of  ;^4o.  &  the  said  Pettifer  hath  in 


88  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

the  presence  of  diuers  Witnesses  promised  to  pay  said  sum 
&c.  Yet  now  the  said  Pettiffer  hath  in  Speeches  &c.  denied 
that  yo''  orato""  were  all  the  children  of  said  George  Bales 
born  at  the  time  of  yo'  orato"  Greate  Uncle  George  Bales 
his  death  and  at  others  that  there  is  no  such  legacy  or  that 
he  hath  not  assets  suflBcient  to  pay  said  legacy  with  divers 
other  wayes  to  defraud  yo''  orator ^  &  doth  refuse  yo'' 
orators  an  Inventory  of  the  Bstate  of  the  said  George  Bales 
and  hath  put  in  a  pretended  Inventory  which  does  not  dis- 
close the  full  particulars  of  the  said  Estate.  Now  may  it 
please  yo'"  1,0^^'^  to  issue  a  writ  &c. 

With  answer  of  Thomas  Pettifer,  Gent.  deft.  24  Apl.  1657 
Is  willing  to  pay  the  said  sum  of  ^40  on  a  sufl&cient  dis- 
charge being  given  &c.  hath  paid  other  legacies  to  guard- 
ians of  children  when  demanded  &  hath  not  refused  to  pay 
this  sum  deneys  he  has  ever  refused  to  pay  &  annexes  a 
Schedule  of  legacies  paid  &c. 

A  Scedule  of  such  sums  of  money  as  this  Deft,  hath 
paid  since  the  death  of  the  Testator. 

Impr:  To  Edward  Bales  of  Stratton  Adderley  \  "■ 
in  the  county  of  Oxon.                           J 

"     To  W"\  Bales  of  Bilton  two  Bonds 026 

"     To  Geo:  Bales  Cutler  in  Bondon 030 

To  Robert  Bury  in  Bondon 010 

To  Bdward  Bales  of  Rugby 010 

To  George  Bales  Cooke  in  London 030 

To  Ann  Hamond  in  Bondon 010 

To  John  Scale  in  Bondon 010 

To  Richard  Deacon  of  Rugby 002 

To  Blasius  Addams  of  Charlton 010 

To  Thomas  Bassett  of  Coventry 005 

To  Thomas  Bassett  of  Bondon 005 

To  Nicho:  Bales  of  North  Hincksey 020 

^To  Willm  Bassett  of  Brownsouer 010 

To  Mary  Bassett  daur.  of  Tho: 


010 
Bassett  deceased 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  89 

To  W"  &  Sarah  Powney  in  London oio 

To  Isabell  Hinckley  of  Coaten 050 

To  Edward  Bassett  of  Brownsoeuer 005 

Paid  to  Parents  for  the  vse  of  their  Children  that  are 

under  aee. 

'^  u 

Impr.  To  Willm  Tilghman  of  Rugby 010 

To  Geo.  Bales  Cooke  &  Cit.  of  London 050 

To  Edw.  Bassett  of  Brownsouer ,. .  .  020 

To  Willm  Eales  of  Bilton 059 

To  George  Eales  of  London 020 

Paid  Nicho  Eales  deceased  for  his  anuity 012 

Before  1714,  Bridges  i,  Bundle  36,  Easter  and  Trinity,  1661. 
To  the  Lords  Comm".  of  the  Great   Seal  of 

20  JUNE  1659 

England. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  John  Eyles  of  the  Devizes  in  Co. 
Wilts,  Mercer.  That  about  Dec.  1 65 1  entred  into  treaty  with 
one  Robert  Gale  then  owner  of  a  fee  farm  rent  of  the  yearly 
value  of  ;^32  out  of  a  messuage  &c.  in  Devizes  for  pur- 
chase of  said  fee  farm  rent.  Sheweth  that  Edward  Peirce 
of  Devizes,  Esq'".  John  Taylor,  gent.  John  Stephens,  John 
flfreind,  Richard  Webbe,  Edward  Hope  &  Phillippe  Cole- 
man all  of  Devizes  &  Masters  or  Burgases  of  the  said 
town  or  Burrough  desired  y"'.  orato""  to  Join  with  them  in 
sd.  purchase  &  yo'  orator  agreed  &c.  although  if  he  had 
purchased  for  himself  only  he  would  have  made  at  least  ^200 
profit.  &c.  &  about  20  Dec.  1651  at  earnest  request  of  sd. 
Richard  Webbe,  Edward  Hope  &  Phillippe  Coleman  sent 
them  ^200  on  a  bond  of  ^400  &  on  22  Dec.  1651  a  further 
;^200  on  bond,  said  bonds  payable  with  interest  at  certain 
dates  specified  &c.  &  which  said  sums  were  to  be  imployed 
for  the  purpose  of  said  purchase  &c.  but  said  bonds  became 
forfeit  &  about  Michaelmas  term  1654  yo'  orator  com- 
menced an  action  at  law  for  recovery  &c.  but  the  said 
Edward  Peirce  &  others  named  combining  about  Jan'y 
1655  with  one  Captain  Edward  Scotton  then  quartered  at 
Devizes   at  the   house   of   the   said  John   Stephens   then 


90  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

Mayo''  of  the  said  Burrough  by  a  pretended  Commission 
from  Olyver  late  Lord  Protector  to  order  &  rule  &c.  all 
causes  of  difference  &c.  among  any  parties,  commanded 
yo""  Orator  to  come  before  him  &  did  endeavour  to  make 
out  that  yo'  orator  was  a  malignant  &c.  which  yo'  orator 
in  truth  never  was  &  would  make  yo'  orator  enter  into 
a  bond  of  ^1500  as  a  chavileer  &c.  unless  yo''  orator 
would  deliver  up  to  them  the  sd.  Edward  Peirce  &c.  the 
said  bonds  &c.  yo'^  orator  being  a  tradesman  in  good 
repute  &  having  born  the  ofl&ce  of  mayoralty  in  sayd 
burrough  and  being  in  the  habit  of  visiting  Bristol  fair 
then  near  at  hand  &  wishing  not  to  lose  his  repute  and  to 
Keep  said  fair  as  he  had  been  accustomed  to  do  &  being 
threatened  with  arrest  if  said  bonds  were  not  delivered 
which  they  did  threaten  yo'  orator  they  would,  yo'  orator 
was  forced  to  deliver  up  sd.  Bonds  &c.  &  hath  gotten  no 
redress  for  the  said  sums  of  ^200  &  ;!^2oo  &c. 

With  answer  of  Edward  Peirce  one  of  the  def"^  & 
answer  of  Richard  Webbe,  John  Stephens,  Edward  Hope 
&  Phillipp  Collman  Def'*^ 

Before  17 14,  Bundle  107,  number  37. 
^„     To    Rt.    Hon.    Heneage,    Earle    of    Noting- 

15  MAY  1682  *     ' 

ham. 

Bill  of  Compl't  of  Mary  Eales  of  Reading,  Co.  Berks, 
widow,  Thomas  Eales  her  son  &  Mary  &  Elizabeth  her 
daughters  infants.  That  Mary  Fettiplace  late  of  Fernsham 
in  sd.  Co.  widow  about  20  years  since  delivered  to  Edward 
Fettiplace  of  Univ.  of  Oxon,  gent,  her  son-in-law  ^100, 
the  interest  to  be  paid  to  Compl't  Mary  Eales  for  life  & 
after  to  the  sd.  Thomas  &  Mary  &  Elizabeth,  which  said 
Edward  hath  done,  but  now  being  infirm  &  aged  cannot 
manage  sd.  trust.  Prays  that  sd.  Edward  may  set  forth 
the  conditions  of  sd.  trust. 

Answer  of  Deft  15  June,  30  Chas.  II.  is  ready  to  pay 
sd.  ^100  &  prays  to  be  relieved  of  sd.  trust,  Alban  Eales 
Compl'ts  late  husband  dec'd. 


CHANCERY  PROCEEDINGS.  91 

Before  1714,  Hamilton  i,  Bundle  106,  number  43. 
^, .  ,   „      Answer   of   Edward  Saver  to   Bill   of  John 

22  MAY  1710  ■'  •' 

Eyles,  Esq.  comp't.  Grant  of  Charles  II.  to 
John  Sayer  def'ts  father  by  letters  patent  of  messuage  &c. 
as  mentioned  in  Bill  sd.  John  made  his  will,  mentions 
Sir  Stephen  Fox  &  deft  Mary  conveyed  sd.  lands. 
Deft  borrowed  ^1000  from  Elizabeth  Legat  secured  on 
sd.  lands  by  deft  &  deft  Mary.  Sd.  premises  mortgaged 
to  comprt  &  his  brother,  no  other  encumbrance  &c. 

Before  1714,  Bundle  107,  number  53. 
28s^PT.  1716  To  Rt.  Hon.  William  Cowper,  Lord  Keeper. 
Bill  of  compl't  of  Elizabeth  Eales  &  Mary  Eales, 
spinsters,  of  Wellwin,  Co.  Herts,  Stephen  Adams  late  of 
St.  Albans,  gent.,  dec'd,  their  uncle  in  1699  seised  of  lands 
in  Hemel  Hempsted  in  sd.  Co.  &  in  Cambs.  had  no 
children,  by  will  gave  legacies  to  Compl'ts  &  their  sister 
Anne  all  daughters  of  Dr.  Luke  Eales  of  Wellwyn.  Francis 
Adams  relict  of  sd.  Stephen,  Said  Anne  died  about  May 
last  without  issue.  Sd.  Francis  combining  with  Luke 
Eales  the  younger,  Thomas  Kelsey  &  Thomas  Clive  refuses 
to  give  security  to  Compl'ts  for  payment  of  sd.  legacies. 

Bundle  C  5,  number  36. 
Pl't'f  Rayfe  Cheseman,  Deft  William  Baldwyn.  Bill  to 
enforce  claim  by  lease  made  to  defendant  in  trust  for  part 
of  a  tenament  called  Robards  in  a  place  called  Agmondes- 
wood  Row  in  the  parish  of  Agmondesworthe  the  inheritance 
of  Willm.  Eilles.  Bucks. 

Bundle  P  13,  number  12. 
Pit.  George  Putenham,  Def.  Thos.  More,  William  Crosse, 
Willm.  Eelys  and  Katherine  Eelys.  Bill  to  protect  title 
by  purchase  of  land  in  the  parish  of  Sherefelde  conveyed 
to  Pit.  by  the  Def.  More  with  a  covenant  for  further 
assurance. 


92  THE  JOHN   EEIvIvS  FAMILY. 

Charles  I,  Bundle  H  ii8,  number  i6. 
The  Replication  of  Willia.  Hilder  als  Kyles  Compl't 
against  Thomas  Rylie  &  Joane  his  wife  def'ts.  The  said 
Repl't.  reserving  to  himself  now  &  att  all  times  hereafter 
all  advantages  of  exception  to  the  uncertentys  &  insufl&- 
ciency  of  the  Def'ts  answers  for  replication  therevnto  this 
Replt.  saith  in  all  things  as  in  his  said  Bill  he  hath  already 
said  &  that  the  sd.  Bill  &  all  &  every  the  matters  &  things 
therein  contained  are  true  &c.  to  be  answered  unto  in  such 
manner  &  form  as  in  &  by  the  said  Bill  is  set  forth  & 
declared  &  that  the  said  Def'ts  answer  all  &  every  the 
matters  &  things  therein  contained  are  untrue  uncertain  & 
insuficient  in  the  law  to  be  replied  unto  Without  that  that 
any  other  matter  or  thing  in  the  sd.  Answer  of  Def'ts  con- 
tained material  or  effectual  &  not  herein  &  hereby  suffici- 
ently replied  unto  confessed  &  avoided  traversed  or  denied 
is  true  in  such  manner  &  form  as  in  &  by  the  said  Def'ts 
answer  is  set  forth.  All  w'h  matters  &  things  this  Repl't 
is  &  will  be  ready  to  averr  &  prove  &c. 


SUBSIDY  ROIvLS. 


DEVONSHIRE. 


Roll  102-463,  21  James  I. 

Maunwaton,  Peter  Bales  in  lands  20s. 
Rathbourn,  John  Hales  of  Greenwaye,  in  goods  ^5. 
Hundred  of  Tynbridge. 

Aishberton,  Hillary  Bales  in  lands  20s. 

William  Bales  in  lands  20s. 

Thomas  Bales  in  lands  /"3. 

Roll  102-510,  Charles  I. 

Aishberton,  William  Bales  of  Bemenford  in  lands  £1. 
Thomas  Bales  in  lands  £2>' 

The  name  of  Bales  does  not  occur  in  the  Hundred  of 
Braunton  in  any  of  the  following  Rolls. 
Roll  100-385,  23  Blizabeth. 

"    101-411,  34  Blizabeth. 

"    102-463,  21  James  I. 

"    102-490,  16  Charles  I. 
Both  Pilton  and  Barum  are  in  the  Hundred  of  Braunton. 
These  Rolls  are  in  good  order. 


Perhaps    1 

John  Eells 
A  resident  of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  in 
June  1640.     Nothing  further  known. 


Samuel  Eells 
Born  June  i,   1664. 
Died  July  16,  1665. 


John  Eells 
Born  July  3,   1665. 
Died  July  13,  1665. 


Esther  Oviatt  : 
Born  iu  Milford,  Conn., 
March  20,    1665.      Died 
April  27,  1700. 


Samuel  Eells 
Baptised  Nov.  6,  169S.  Date  of  marriage  unknown. 
Was  cornet  of  troop  of  horse  in  Seconil  Regiment, 
New  Haven  County.     Died  Jan.  — ,  1789. 


=  Deborah  Burwell 
Baptised  April  18,  1697. 
Died  after  1771. 


3     I       II 

-—-r-^-T-^=:^^=:^^— Samuel  Eells-  -----_s^-_-^^^~ 

Born  in  Milfonl,  Conn.,  Sept.  2,  1666.  Was  Constable,  Selectman, 
Naval  Officer  for  Port  of  Milford,  Captain,  Major  and  Colonel  in  the 
Militia.  A  Deputy  to  the  General  Assembly  and  one  of  the  Assist- 
ants. Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Quorum  and  Judge  of  New  Haven  County 
and  Superior  Courts.  Married  three  times  but  dates  of  all  are  un- 
known.    Died  between  Oct.  28.  1752  and  March  : 


Martha  (Whiting)  Bryan 
Born    about    1662,    probably 
at  Hartford.      Died  between 
March  7  and  Nov.  16,  1741. 


1753- 


Esther  Eells 
Baptised  May  7,  1699. 
Nothing  further 

known  about  her. 


Anna  Beard  -   - — =— 

Born  June  30,  1701.      Baptised  April  n,  1703. 
Died  May  8,  1736.         ist,  Jan.  ri,  1727-8, 


Rebecca  (Wilkinson)  Baldwin 
Born  in  Milford,  Aug.  8,  1676. 
Died  between  March  14,  1750- 
51  and  Oct.  16,  1752. 


Graduated  at  Yale  in  1724.     Married     Date  of  b 
1737.     Pastor  of  the  Cong.     Died  Jan 
church  at  New  Canaan,  Conn.,  where  he  died  Oct.  15,  17S5. 


7        [ 

8          1 

Martha  Eells  = 

=  Samuel  Spencer 

Mary  Eells  =  John  Cande 

Born  i 

1  Middletown,  Dec.  12, 

Born  Oct.  20,  1744. 

Born  in  Middletown,  Jan.  18,   I  Born  in  Middletown,  April  16,  1749. 

Born 

1743- 

Died  there  Feb.    19, 

Married  May  23,  1771. 

1745-6.   Died  at  Holland  Pat-  [  Married  May  30,  1782.     Removed 

Marr 

1821. 

Died  Oct.  12,  1818. 

ent,  N.  Y.,  March  24,  1837.      ,  to  Holland  Patent,  N.  Y.,  m  1803, 
and  died  there  April  13,  1821. 

10  H 
Died 

- 

1   1  II   1 

Martha  Spencer  =JehieI  Williams,  Jr. 
Baptised  Feb.  16,  1772.      Baptised  Dec.  i,  1765. 
Married  Nov.  10,  1791. 


Hannah  Spenc 
Baptised  July  31,  177 


r  =  Zebulon  Stow,  Jr. 

Baptised  Oct.  30,  1774. 
Married  Nov.  27,  1794. 


I-,ucy  Spencer 
Baptised  Jan.  5,  1777 
Died  Jan.  28.  1778. 


Betsey  Spencer 
Baptised  Sept.  12,  1779. 


=  Elisha  Kirby 
Born  Oct.  13,  1774. 
Married  Nov.  2,  1800. 


Baptised  Marc 
Died  Jul 


Mary  Morgan  =  James  Allwood  Smith 


EELLS    PEDIGREE. 


John  Eells 
Places  and  dates  of  birth,  marriage  and  death  all 
unknown.  A  resident  of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  from 
1633  to  1641,  when  he  returned  to  England. 


Anna  LentUall 
Place  and  date  of  birth  unknown. 
Died  at  Milford,  Conn.,  Feb.  — , 
1687. 


"2        I 

-Samuel  Eells= 


I  Baptised  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  May  3,  1640.  Married  at  Lynn.,  Mass,,  Aug.  5, 
1663.  Resided  at  Milford,  Conn.  Custom  Master,  Commissioner  and  Town 
Clerk  of  Milford,  Captain  of  the  Trainband  and  an  officer  in  King  Philip's 
war.  Deputy  to  the  General  Court.  Married  2d,  Aug.  22,  1689,  and  removed 
to  Hingham,  Mass.  Selectman,  Commissioner  of  Assessments  and  Repre- 
sentative to  Mass.  General  Court,  Major  in  the  Militia  and  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  Suffolk  Co.     Died  April  21,  1709. 


:  Sarah  (Bateman)  North 
Date  and  place  of  birth  uncertain. 
Died  at  Scituate,  Mass.,  P'eb.  9,  17 


Baptised  June  5,  1670. 
Date  of  marriage  un- 
known. Died  between 
March  21  and  Nov.  14, 


John  Eells  =  Frances  Oviatt 


Born  Nov. 

at  Hinghf 
2,  1738. 


Mary  Eells  = Fox 

Born  Feb.  iS.  1670-1.      Nothing  knowi 
Perbaps  living  March      regarding  him. 


Robert  Eells 
Born  Dec.  14,  1672. 
Buried  Jan.  14.  1673. 


Robert  Eells 

Born  June  25,  1676. 

Buried  Jan.  28,  1676-7. 


rin 


Born  Nov.  26,  1677.  A  graduate  of 
Harvard,  1699.  Married  Oct.  12,  1704. 
Mau3'  years  Pastor  of  the  Second 
church  of  Scituate,  Mass.,  where  he 
died  Aug.  25,  1750. 


Nathaniel  Eells  =  Hannah  North 


Date  of  birth  1 
Died  May  : 


Patience  Eells 

Baptised  March  7,  16S0. 

Nothing  further  known 

about  her. 


I     M  I!  I  I  I 


-Nathaniel  Eells 


Martha  Stow  — 
Born  Aug.  30,  1712.       Baptised  at  MiUord,  July 
Died  May  12,  1740.       29,  1739,  2d,  Feb.  17,  1742-3. 


05.   Married  ist,  Oct. 
Removed  to  Middle- 
town  1742  and  died  Sept.  9,  1776. 


Allice  White 

Born  Feb.  25,  1713-14. 

Died  March  5,  1792. 


9 


Nathaniel  Eells  ■- 
urn  in  Middletown,  Sept.  8,  1748. 
[arricd  Feb.  22,  1776.      Removed 
)  Herkimer  Co..  N.  Y.,  about  1796. 
ied  at  Skaneatales  Jan.  7,  1815. 


Huldah  White 

Born  in  Middletown,  Feb.  10 

1750-1.     Died  Aug.  2,  1830. 


Daniel  Eells 
tised  at  Middletown,  Nov.  3, 
751.     Died  Aug.  i,  1752. 


Theodosia  Eells 
Born  in  Middletown,  June  10,  i* 
Removed  to  New  Hartford,  N. 
and  died  there  Dec.  7,  1850. 


10  I 

Daniel  Eells  = 
Born  in  Middletown,  Dec.    1757.  Mar- 
ried Oct.  3,  1782.     Removed  in  1796 
to  Herkimer  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  died  in 
New  Hartford,  N.  Y.,  July  17.  185 1. 


Martha  Hamliu 
Born  in  Middletown.  March  29, 
1761.      Died  in  New  Hartford, 
N.  Y..  May  26,  1S34. 


ri  I  I  M     I 


ri  I  I   M  M~i 


Lucy  Spencer  =  Giles  Kirby 
larch  31,  1782.       Born  17; 

July  25,  1854.      Married  Nov. 
Died  May  15  1 


Mary  Spencer  =  Titus  Morgan,  M.D. 

Baptised  Sept.  19,  1784.       Born  Dec.  23.  1776. 

Died  May  11,  1845.      Married  July  5,  1807, 

Died  Nov.  22,  181 1. 


Sally  Spencer  =  Joseph  Morgan,  Jr. 
Baptised  May  6,  1787.       Born  Jan.  4,  1780. 
Died  Aug.  6,  1859.       Died  Juiv  s^,   1847. 


Lucy  Morgan  =  Ja 


i  Spencer  Morgan  =  Juliet  Pierpont 


THE  EELLS  FAMILY  IN  AMERICA 
1. 

Among  the  records  of  a  session  of  the  General  Court  of 
Massachusetts  Bay  "  holden  att  Boston,  the  i8*^  day  of 
May,  1631."  we  find  this  entry  relating  to  the  qualifications 
of  freemen: 

"  &  to  the  end  the  body  of  the  comons  may  be  pserued  of  honest  & 
good  men,  it  was  likewise  ordered  and  agreed  that  for  time  to  come 
noe  man  shalbe  admitted  to  the  freedome  of  this  body  polliticke,  but 
such  as  are  members  of  some  of  the  churches  within  the  lymitts  of 
the  same."^ 

Nothing  is  known  as  to  the  date  of  emigration  to  New 
England  of  JOHN  EELLS,  Bales  or  lies  as  the  name  was 
sometimes  written. 

On  the  Dorchester  town  records  under  date  of  ' '  The  6'^ 
January,  Mooneday,  1633"   is  found  this  entry. 

"  Item.  It  is  ordered  that  M"'  Hill  shall  have  that  p'cell  of  ground 
adjoyneing  to  his  former  lott  betweene  it  and  John  Iles."'^ 

The  name  of  ' '  John  Bales ' '  appears  in  the  list  of  ' '  Free- 
men made  att  the  Genall  Court,  May  i4'\  1634.'"  From 
the  vote  of  the  General  Court  quoted  above  it  will  be  seen 
that  he  must  have  been  a  member  of  one  of  the  churches  in 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  The  following  entry  taken 
from  the  records  of  the  present  First  Church  of  Dorchester 
indicates  that  he  was  a  member  of  the  original  church  of 
that  town,  a  large  part  of  the  congregation  of  which 
removed  to  Connecticut  and  founded  the  town  of  Windsor. 

"Samuell  Eelles.  his  ffather  beinge  memb  of  the  church  of  WinsC 
was  by  Comunio  of  churches  baptised  3  mo  3"°  anno  1640  "* 

1  "Records  of  Massachusetts,"  Vol.  i,  p.  87. 

2  Boston  Record  Commissioners  Reports,  Vol.  4,  p.  5. 

3  "Records  of  Massachusetts,"  Vol.  i,  p.  369. 

^  "Records  of  the  First  Church  at  Dorchester,"  p.  152. 


96  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS  FAMILY. 

Whether  he  actually  resided  in  Windsor  for  a  short  time 
or  whether  it  is  meant  that  the  Dorchester  Church  as  an 
organization  removed  to  that  town,  is  a  question. 

From  the  evidence  hereafter  given  of  his  later  residence 
in  Dorchester  the  latter  view  of  the  case  would  seem  to  be 
the  correct  one.  For  many  years  the  churches  at  Windsor, 
Connecticut  and  Dorchester,  Massachusetts  have  both 
claimed  to  be  the  original  church  of  Dorchester,  which  was 
organized  in  England. 

On  the  Dorchester  Town  Votes  under  date  of  "4th  of 
January  1635."  we  find  that 

"  It  is  ordered  that  the  p'tyes  here  vnder  written  shall  have  great 
lotts  at  the  bounds  betwixt  Roxbury  and  Dorchester  at  the  great  hill 
betwixt  the  sayd  bounds  and  above  the  marsh  as  foil,  not  to  inclose 
medowe." 

The  seventeenth  name  in  the  list  is  that  of  ' '  John  Kales ' ' 
and  the  size  of  his  lot  is  given  as  "20  acres. ' ' ' 

"The  27  June  1636"  it  was  "ordered  that  M'".  Johnson  that  was 
shall  have  on  acre  of  medowe  next  Goodman  Eales  Pale  confirmed 
unto  her. ' ' 

Also  among  the  records  of  this  date  we  find 

"  The  names  of  such  as  are  to  have  niedow  in  the  Marsh  by  Goodman 
Grenwayes." 

The  last  in  the  list  is  "  John  Eales  2  acres  betweene  that 
medow  he  hath  of  M''^  Johnson  and  the  Creeke."  ^ 

"July  5"',  1636,"  *  *  "It  is  graunted  that  the  ground  about  Rockj' 
hill  shall  belong  to  M''.  Ludlow,  M'.  Johnsons  house,  George  Minot, 
M^  Hill,  John  Eales  and  Elias  Parkeman,  in  community  amongst 
them,  p'vided  they  do  nothing  to  p'^judice  the  common  passidge  of 
people,  Carts  or  cattle,  both  to  the  sea  or  any  other  as  there  may  be 
occasion,  this  graunt  being  not  to  hinder  any  fortification,  if  the 
Countery  at  any  tyme  see  cause,  the  bounds  being  (togeather  with  the 
wayes)  from  Jonathan  Gillets  pale  and  so  round  to  their  several! 
gruounds."  *  *  * 

"  It  is  graunted  to  M^  Liidlow,  M^  Hill  and  the  neighbours  that 
haue  lotts  with  them  that  may  run  a  pale  downe  into  the  sea  at  the 

'  Boston  Record  Commissioners  Reports,  Vol.  4,  p.  14. 
^  Ibid.,  Vol.  4,  pp.  16,  17. 


JOHN  EELLS.  97 

Corner  by  M'.  Ludlowes,  and  an  other  betweene  M\  Hill  and  John 
Bales  for  the  securing  there  Come,  and  saving  of  much  fensing, 
p'vided  they  leave  stiles  and  gates  for  p'sons  and  cattle,  when  p'sons 
are  disposed  to  travell  or  drive  Cattle  or  swine  that  way  to  Clam- 
ming." *  *  *  *• 

Other  entries  on  the  town  records  relating  to  him  are  as 

follows. 

"March  i8*S  (1637) 

The  Proportion  which  each  man  The  Proportion  which  each  man 
is  to  haue  in  the  necke  according  is  to  haue  in  the  Cowes  Pasture 
to  the  rule  agreed  on  for  deuide-  and  other  lands  according  to  the 
ing  the  same  as  here  vder  fott  same  rule  of  deuision  for  euery 

on  this  side  the  Riuer 

Following  this  is  a  list  of  fifty-seven  names  of  persons 
with  their  proportion  of  lands.      The  fifty-second  in  the 

list  is 

akers.     goads,     rods.  akers.     goads,     rods. 

*  *  *  o    Bales        5  2  2c  5  2  20" 

"June  8*  1640"  *  *  *  "John  Bales  Junior  and  George  *  *  *  are 
to  be  Cow  keep"  this  yeere,  and  to  haue  5'  a  Cow,  and  to  keep  the  for 
the  tyme  and  other  Circumstances  according  to  the  order  of  the  last 
yeere  "  ^ 

"  29"^  7  mo  1640.  there  was  granted  vnto  John  Bells  a  small  p'cell 
of  vpland  ground  Lyeing  betweene  his  marsh  and  M"^.  Hawkins 
ground  a  Little  belowe  his  house  ' '  ^ 

<'jjid_tiiat  vpon  Februarie  22:  1638:  John  Bells  sould  vnto  m' 
mather,  all  his  Land  in  that  portio  of  Land  Called  Dorchester  necke 
which  is  recorded  in  the  Deuision  to  be  5  acres  ^  20  Rods:" 

"  28  of  8  mo.  1640.  m".  that  John  Bells  of  Dorchester  in  new  Eng- 
land hath  sould  vnto  nathaniel  Patten  now  of  Dorchester  aflForesaid 
all  his  Dwellinge  houses  and  other  outhouseinge  thereto  belongeinge 
with  all  his  Lands  in  p'priety  or  comon,  and  all  other  appurtenances 
thereto  app'taineiuge  in  witnes  whereof  I  haue  herevnto  put  my  hand 
the  daye  aboue  said  John  Bells  "  ^ 

It  will  be  remembered  that  in  the  record  of  June  27,  1636 
' '  Mrs.   Johnson  that  was  ' '   had  a   grant   of  one   acre  of 

1  Boston  Record  Commissioners  Reports,  Vol.  4,  p.  18. 
'  Ibid.,  Vol.  4,  pp.  29,  30. 
3  Ibid.,  Vol.  4,  p.  43. 


98  THE  JOHN   EEI/I^   FAMILY. 

meadow  adjoining  Goodman  Bales,  also  in  a  further  record  of 
the  same  date  John  Kales  was  granted  two  acres  "  betweene 
that  medow  he  hath  of  Mrs.  Johnson  and  the  Creeke." 
It  is  possible  that  John  Bales  bought  this  meadow  of  Mrs. 
Johnson,  but  it  is  suspected  that  she  had  become  his  second 
wife  before  this  date  and  that  in  this  way  he  obtained  pos- 
session of  the  property. 

It  is  also  perhaps  significant  that  in  the  disposition  of 
the  last  of  his  Dorchester  property  the  record  of  the  trans- 
action indicates  that  he  sold  more  than  one  dwelling  house. 

Further,  in  the  record  of  June  8,  1640  "John  Bales 
Junior ' '  was  appointed  cowkeeper.  Of  the  persons  ap- 
pointed to  that  office  whose  history  has  been  traced,  most, 
if  not  all,  were  under  twenty-one  years  of  age.  If  this 
fact  will  apply  to  John  Bales,  Junior,  he  could  easily  have 
been  the  son  of  the  man  whose  history  we  have  been 
tracing,  and  consequently  born  before  the  latter' s  appear- 
ance in  New  Bngland.  It  has  long  been  a  tradition  in  the 
family  that  John  Bells  returned  to  Old  Bngland  and 
became  an  officer  in  the  army  under  Oliver  Cromwell. 

The  following  taken  from  the  note  book  of  Thomas 
Lechford,  a  lawyer  at  Boston  from  June  1638  to  July  1641, 
would  seem  to  confirm  a  part  at  least  of  this  tradition. 

"Thomas  Allen  of  Barnstable  in  N  E  y  agreeth  w*''  John  Eells  of 
Dorchester  in  N  E  planter  for  ']o£  in  hand  payd  to  convey  unto  the 
said  John  Eells  &  his  heires  &  assignes  for  ever  one  house  &  garden 
w*''  the  appurtenances  in  Barnstable  in  the  County  of  Devon  lying  in 
Bowport  streete  in  the  occupation  of  Phillip  Cole  &  Lewis  Grove  or 
their  assignes  all  rents  &  revenues  reversions  therof  after  the  lives 
of  the  said  Phillip  &  Lewis  &  all  "Writings  Leases  &  counterparts, 
and  to  be  in  possession  of  the  rent  presently  And  to  make  any 
assurance  w"'in  7  yeares  And  to  be  bound  to  these  articles  in  150^, 
and  that  he  shall  receive  20^  due  to  me  at  the  decease  of  my  ffather-in- 
law  John  Marke  of  Bramton  in  Devon  y.  of  his  heires  executors  &c 
or  of  Edward  Langdon  of  Branton  in  the  County  aforesaid  y  &  he  is 
to  receive  the  bond  of  my  brother  Richard  Allen  of  Branton  afore- 
said yeoman  And  a  letter  of  Attorney  for  the  same."  ' 

^  Transactions  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society,  Vol.  7,  p.  418. 


JOHN  EELI.S.  99 

' '  This  Indenture  made  the  eight  day  of  July  in  the  seventeenth 
yeare  of  the  raigne  of  our  Soveraigne  Lord  Charles  by  the  grace  of 
God  of  England  Scotland  France  &  Ireland  King  Defender  of  the 
faith  &c  Annoqr  Dni  1641  Betweene  Thomas  Allen  of  Barnstable  in 
New  England  yeoman  of  the  one  parte  and  John  Eells  of  Dorchester 
in  New  England  planter  of  the  other  parte  Witnesseth  that  the  said 
Thomas  Allen  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  summe  of  seventy 
pounds  of  lawfull  money  of  England  to  him  in  hand  payd  by  the  said 
John  Eells  before  the  sealing  and  delivery  hereof  wherof  and  where- 
with the  said  Thomas  Allen  doth  acknowledge  himselfe  truly  satisfied 
contented  and  payd  &  thereof  and  of  every  parte  therof  doth  hereby 
remise  release  and  forever  quittclayme  the  said  John  Eells  his  heires 
executors  and  administrators  Doth  by  these  presents  grant  bargaine 
sell  enfeofFe  and  confirme  unto  the  said  John  Eells  all  that  y"^  house 
and  houses  tenement  and  tenements  garden  and  gardens  thereunto 
belonging  sett  lying  &  being  in  Bowporte  streete  in  Barnstable  in  the 
County  of  Devon  now  or  late  in  the  severall  occupations  of  Philip  Cole 
and  Lewis  Grove  their  assignee  or  assignes  and  all  rents  revercbns 
services  wages  lights  easements  commodities  and  hereditaments  there- 
unto belonging  And  all  writings  leases  counterparts  of  leases  deeds 
excerpts  records  &  miniments  concerning  the  same  w'^''  are  in  the 
custody  of  the  said  Thomas  Allen  or  any  person  or  persons  to  his  use 
And  all  standing  tables  bedsteads  wainscott  ceeling  &  other  goods 
demised  with  the  premises  unto  the  said  P  C  and  L  G  To  have  and 
to  hold  the  said  house  and  houses  tenement  and  tenements  garden 
and  gardens  rents  revertions  services  and  hereditaments  and  all  and 
singular  the  premises  with  the  appurtenances  unto  the  said  John  Eells 
his  heires  and  assignes  for  ever  To  the  onely  use  and  proper  behoofe 
of  the  said  John  Eells  his  heires  and  assignes  for  ever  To  be  holden 
of  the  cheife  Lord  or  Lords  of  the  see  or  sees  of  the  premises  by  the 
rents  and  services  therefore  hereafter  to  be  of  right  due  &  accustomed 
And  the  said  Thomas  Allen  doth  hereby  for  himselfe  his  heires  exec- 
utors &  administrators  Covenant  promise  and  grant  to  and  with  the 
said  John  Eells  his  heires  administrators  and  assignes  by  these  pres- 
ents that  he  &  they  shall  or  lawfully  may  from  time  to  time  and  at 
all  times  hereafter  quietly  &  peaceably  have  hold  and  enjoy  the 
premises  and  every  parte  therof  freed  and  discharged  of  and  from  all 
other  grants  bargaines  sales  feoffments  ioyntures  dowers  &  title  of 
dower  iudgments  executions  [illegible]  Statutes  merchant  and  of  the 
Staple  titles  troubles  charges  &  incumbrances  Whatsoever  except  the 
severall  Leases  made  of  the  premises  unto  the  said  Philip  Cole  & 
Lewes  Growe  each  lease  being  now  in  being  for  three  lives  a  peece  as 
by  the  Counterparts  therof  it  doth  and  may  more  plainely  appeare 
and  except  the  rents  &  services  therefore  hereafter  to  become  due  & 


100  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMIIvY. 

of  right  accustomed  for  or  notwithstanding  anything  done  or  suffered 
to  be  done  or  suffered  by  the  said  Thomas  Allen  his  heires  executors 
or  administrators  or  by  his  or  their  meanes  assent  or  procurement 
And  the  said  Thomas  Allen  doth  hereby  for  himselfe  his  heires  exec- 
utors &  administrators  Covenant  promise  &  grant  to  and  with  the 
said  John  Eells  his  heires  and  assignes  by  these  presents  that  he  the 
said  Thomas  Allen  and  his  heires  and  his  and  their  wife  or  wif  es  shall 
and  will  at  any  time  or  times  hereafter  within  the  space  of  seven 
yeares  next  ensuing  the  date  hereof  make  seale  &  deliver  acknowledge 
execute  and  suffer  or  cause  to  be  made  done  acknowledged  executed 
and  suffered  all  and  all  manner  of  further  and  other  conveyances  & 
assurances  in  the  lawe  whatsoever  for  the  more  sure  making  &  con- 
veying of  the  premises  &  every  parte  thereof  unto  the  said  John  Eells 
his  heires  &  assignes  according  to  the  true  intent  &  meaning  of  these 
presents  be  it  by  grant  bargaine  sale  feoifment  livery  &  seisin  fines 
recovery  or  any  other  way  whatsoever  as  shall  be  devised  advised  or 
required  by  the  said  John  Eells  his  heires  or  assignes  or  his  or  their 
Counsell  learned  in  the  Lawe  and  at  his  or  their  reasonable  request 
and  cost  &  charges  in  the  Lawe  so  that  for  the  doing  or  suffering 
therof  the  said  Thomas  Allen  &  his  heires  and  his  or  their  wife  or 
wifes  be  not  compelled  too  travell  fourth  of  the  Jurisdiccbn  of  the 
Mattachusetts  Bay  in  N  E  and  New  Plymouth  in  New  England. 

Provided  allways  that  if  the  said  John  Eells  dye  at  sea  w^'out  heires 
of  his  body  that  then  the  premises  shall  be  &  remaine  to  the  said 
Thomas  Allen  his  heires  &  assignes  as  in  his  and  their  former  estate 
as  if  these  presents  had  never  bin  made. 

In  witnesse  &c.  [lo  s.]"  ^ 

"  Articles  of  Agreement  indented  made  the  15th  day  of  July  Anno 
Dni  1641  Betweene  Thomas  Allen  of  Barnstable  in  New  England  yeo- 
man of  the  one  parte  and  John  Eells  of  Dorchester  in  New  England 
Planter  of  the  other  parte  as  followeth. 

1  Imprimis  that  the  said  Thomas  Allen  his  executors  &  adm" 
shall  enjoy  the  twenty  pounds  w'^'^  he  the  said  Thomas  Allen  oweth 
unto  the  said  John  Eells  without  rendering  to  him  his  executors  or 
administrators  any  account. 

2  Itm  that  whereas  John  Mark  of  Branton  in  the  County  of  Devon 
yeoman  and  Edward  Langdon  of  the  same  yeoman  stand  bound  unto 
the  said  Thomas  Allen  in  and  by  one  obligation  of  40^  condicbned 
for  the  payment  of  the  summe  of  20^  unto  the  said  Thomas  Allen  his 
executors  administrators  or  assignes  upon  the  decease  of  the  said 

'  Transactions  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society,  Vol.  7,  pp. 
421-423- 


JOHN   EELLS.  101 

John  Mark  as  in  and  by  the  said  obligation  and  condicbn  therof 
it  doth  &  may  more  at  large  appeare  It  is  agreed  between  e  the  said 
partyes  to  these  presents  that  the  said  John  Eells  his  executors  admin- 
istrators or  assignes  shall  be  payd  the  said  twenty  pounds  according 
to  the  forme  and  effect  of  the  said  obligation  &  condicon  therof  and 
shall  have  &  enioy  the  same  without  rendering  any  account  to  him 
the  said  Thomas  Allen  his  executors  or  administrators  or  assignes. 

3  Item  that  Richard  Allen  of  Branton  afores'i  yeoman  shall  deliver 
the  bond  or  obligation  aforesaid  or  the  money  aforesaid  if  he  hath 
received  the  same  unto  the  said  J  E  or  his  assignes  ugon  lawfull 
demand.     In  vntnes  &c."  ' 

"  Knowe  all  men  by  these  presents  that  I  Thomas  Allen  of  Barn- 
stable in  New  England  yeoman  doe  hereby  constitute  &  in  my  place 
&  stead  put  my  trusty  &  beloved  friend  John  Eells  yeoman  my  true 
&  lawful  Attorney  for  me  and  in  my  name  to  aske  demand  receive 
and  recover  of  and  from  the  heires  executors  and  administrators  of 
John  Marke  of  Branton  in  the  County  of  Devon  yeoman  and 
Edward  Langdon  of  the  same  yeoman  the  summe  of  twenty  pounds 
of  lawfull  money  of  England  due  or  to  be  due  unto  me  at  or  upon 
the  decease  of  the  said  John  Marke  as  in  and  by  the  obligation  & 
condicon  therof  it  doth  &  may  more  at  large  appeare  And  the 
obligation  therof  to  demand  receive  &  recover  of  &  from  my  brother 
Richard  Allen  of  Branton  aforesaid  yeoman  or  the  said  money  if  he 
hath  the  same  received  Giving  &  granting  unto  my  said  Attorney 
my  full  power  &  lawfull  Authority  for  me  and  in  my  name  in  execu- 
tion of  the  premises  to  sue  arrest  impleade  prosecute  &  recover  And 
upon  receipt  or  recovery  in  that  behalfe  to  make  seale  &  deliver  suf- 
ficient &  legall  acquittance  &  release  or  releases  and  one  or  more  Attor- 
ney or  Attorneys  under  him  to  substitute  &  from  time  to  time  to 
revoke  and  all  other  matters  &  things  thereabout  requisite  to  be  done 
for  me  and  in  my  name  to  doe  or  cause  to  be  done  as  fully  &  effectu- 
ally as  I  myselfe  in  person  might  or  could  doe  Hereby  ratifying  con- 
firming &  allowing  all  and  whatsoever  my  said  Attorney  shall  lawfully 
doe  or  cause  to  be  done  in  the  premises     In  witnesse  &c  15°  Julii  41 . "  ^ 

"  Me  Thomam  Allen  de  Barnstaple  in  Nova  Anglia  yeoman  tener' 
&c  Johi  Eells  de  Dorchester  in  Nova  Anglia  pi*'  in  Centum  et  Octo- 
ginta  libris  &c  Dat'  15°  Julii  41. 

The  Condicbn  of  this  obligation  is  such  that  if  the  above  bounden 
Thomas  Allen  his  heires  executors  administrators  and  assignes  shall 

'  Transactions  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society,  Vol.  7,  pp- 
423.  424- 

2  Ibid.,  Vol.  7,  p.  424- 


102  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

from  time  to  time  &  at  all  times  hereafter  fullfill  observe  performe  & 
keepe  all  sucli  articles  coven*"  and  agreements  conteyned  &  expressed 
in  one  deed  indenture  or  grant  and  one  other  writing  inituled 
articles  of  agreement  indented  made  the  day  of  the  date  of  these 
presents  betweene  the  said  T  A  of  the  one  parte  &  the  said  J  E  on 
the  other  parte  which  on  y«  p*  and  behalfe  of  the  said  T  A  his  heires 
&c  are  to  be  fulfilled  &c  Then  &c."  ^ 

A  search  of  various  records  in  England  has  thus  far 
failed  to  disclose  anything  by  which  John  Hells'  later  his- 
tory can  be  traced,  unless  he  was  the  John  Eales  of  Pilton, 
Devonshire,  who  left  a  will  dated  September  5,  1662.  See 
page  28. 

Chii,dren  of  John  EEI.1.S. 

2.    Samuel,  b.         ;  bap.  May  3,  1640  ;  m.  i.  Anna  Lenthall. 

2.  Sarah  (Bateman)  North, 
perhaps 
John,  A  "John  Eales  Junior" 

was  chosen  cowkeeper  in 

Dorchester  June  8,   1640. 

See  page  97. 


2. 

Samuel  Eells  son  oi  John  (i)niust  have  been  born 
May  I,  1640,  as  his  son  Rev.  Nathaniel  of  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts left  a  memorandum  to  the  effect  that  Samuel  was 
68  years  1 1  months  and  20  days  old  when  he  died  at  Hing- 
ham,  April  21,  1709.  This  would  make  him  two  days  old 
when  he  was  baptized  at  Dorchester,  the  record  of  which 
is  as  follows : 

' '  Samuell  Eelles.  his  ffather  beinge  memb  of  the  church  of  Winso' 
was  by  Comunio  of  churches  baptised  3  mo  3""  anno  1640  "  - 

He  was  but  an  infant  when  his  father  returned  to  England, 
where  Samuel  is  said  to  have  remained  until  he  was  about 

'  Transactions  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society,  Vol.  7,  p.  425. 
2  "Records  of  the  First  Church  at  Dorchester,"  p.  171. 


£o/YluJ^&h 


BAPTISED    AT    DORCHESTER,    MASS.,    MAY   3,    1640. 
DIED    AT    HINQHAM,    MASS.,    APRIL   21,    1709. 


MAJOR  SAMUEL  EEI/IvS.  103 

twenty-one  years  old.  Just  when  he  returned  to  America  is 
unknown,  but  on  the  town  records  of  Milford,  Connecticut, 
appears  this  entry  : 

"  Mr  Samuel  Hells  of  Milford  and  ana  Lenthall  weare 
maryed  the  fift  day  of  agust  Sixty  three  by  Captain  Marshal 
Comisioner  at  Lin  "  > 

Owing  to  the  destruction  of  the  early  records  of  lyynn 
comprising  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths  down  to  about 
1676,  Town  Proceedings  to  1691  and  the  records  of  the 
First  Church  to  1763,  it  is  impossible  to  determine  whether 
Samuel  Eells  resided  at  Lynn  after  his  marriage,  but  if  so, 
it  was  only  for  a  very  short  time.  The  records  of  the  New 
Haven  County  Court  show  that  at  various  dates  from 
November  1666  to  April  1671  he  served  on  the  jury.' 

The  original  Land  records  of  Milford  prior  to  1680  and 
the  Town  Votes  before  1691  are  not  in  existence. 
"A  Town  Meeting  Jan''^  7"^  1677 
It  is  Ordered  y'.  there  shall  be  A  Commitee  chosen  to  Transcribe 
out  of  y".  Old  books  what  is  Necessary  and  of  use  to  be  Taken  out 
of  them  and  written  in  y"  New  book  as  Grants  of  Land  &c 

The  Hon'''"  Deputy  Gov''  Thomas  Welch  Deacon  Clark  Ensign 
Stream  Nicholas  Camp  Thomas  Sanford  and  Sam"  Eells  are  Chosen  a 
Committee  for  y  end  AflFores'' ;  And  Sam"  Eells  is  Chosen  to  Transcribe 
y«  Same  for  Reasonable  Satisfaction  :  "  ^ 

The  committee  did  not  think  it  ' '  Necessary  and  of  use  ' ' 
to  copy  considerable  which  must  have  been  entered  in  "  y" 
Old  books ' '  relating  to  town  meetings  and  other  matters 
now  forever  lost,  which  would  have  added  greatly  to  a 
knowledge  of  the  town  and  its  settlers. 

Early  in  life  Samuel  Hells  displayed  abilities  which  were 
appreciated  by  his  townsmen  and  he  became  a  prominent 
man  at  home  and  in  the  colony. 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  18. 
2  New  Haven  County  Court  Records,  Vol.  i,  pp.  7,  9,  12,   13,  31 
and  38. 
2  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  9,  reverse  end  p.  14. 


104  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

"  At  a  County  Court  held  at  Newhaven  June.  lo*.  1668  : 
James  Bishop  is  appointed  to  make  entries  &  receive  y®  Customes 

of  all  wines  &  Iyiquo''s  y*  are  brought  in,  or  Landed,  within  y*  Limits 

of  Newhaven  according  to  law  for  y"  yeare  ensueing 

M'  Sam"  Eeles  apointed  to  Doe  y"  like  at  milford  for  y«  yeare 

ensueing  ' '  ^ 

This  appointment  was  renewed  in  November  of  the  fol- 
lowing year,  and  on  the  seventeenth  of  December,  1679,  he 
was  appointed  one  of  the  ' '  custome  masters ' '  of  New 
Haven  County.  He  was  continued  in  office  by  the  County 
Court  at  a  session  held  June  8,  1681.* 

In  May  1681  he  was  appointed  by  the  town  one  of  a 
committee  to  obtain  from  the  Indians  a  deed  of  the  lands 
purchased  of  them  by  the  inhabitants  at  various  dates,  and 
in  June,  1685,  he  was  one  of  the  town's  representatives  on 
a  committee  to  establish  the  boundary  line  between  Milford 
and  Derby.  At  this  latter  date,  the  committee  were 
instructed  to  obtain  from  the  General  Court  a  patent  for 
the  town.^ 

On  the  records  of  the  New  Haven  County  Court  for 
August  4,  1 68 1,  is  an  entry  to  the  effect  that  he  was 
"appointed  Clerke  for  this  Court,  the  Clerke  being  gone 
into  the  Bay.'" 

From  an  examination  of  the  records,  it  is  evident  that 
the  appointment  was  for  this  term  only. 

He  was  a  Deputy  from  Milford  to  the  General  Court  of 
Connecticut,  in  May,  1677,  May  and  October,  1678,  '81 
and  '82,  May,  '83,  October,  '84,  May  and  October,  '85, 
May,  July  and  October,  '86,  May,  '87  and  October,  '89.* 
At  the  October  sessions  of  that  body  from  1682  to  1687 

^  New  Haven  County  Court  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  15. 

'  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  pp.  28,  119  and  127. 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  9,  reverse  end  pp.  24  and  28. 

^  New  Haven  County  Court  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  128. 

^  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  2,  p.  300.  Vol.  3,  pp.  2, 
16,  75,  85,  97,  106,  115,  155,  169,  181,  195,  211,  214  and  230.  Vol.  4, 
p.  9. 


MAJOR  SAMUEL  EELLS.  105 

inclusive,  he  was  one  of  the  persons  nominated  for  the 
office  of  Assistant  to  be  voted  for  at  the  ' '  Court  of  Elec- 
tion ' '  in  May  following,  but  failed  to  receive  a  sufficient 
number  of  votes  to  be  elected.'  As  a  member  of  the  Gen- 
eral Court  he  was  often  appointed  on  important  committees 
The  report  of  a  committee  of  four  dated  "  17^^  of  8" 
1682"  bears  this  autograph '^ 


P^^We^^^ 


ber 


From  May,  1683  to  May,  1687  inclusive,  he  was  chosen 
a  Commissioner  for  Milford/ 

On  page  25,  reverse  end  of  volume  9,  Milford  L,and 
Records,  is  this  entry  : 

"  A  Town  Meeting  Jan-'y  5'''  1681 

Samuel  Eells  y"  Town  Clerk  is  hereby  Ordered  and  Impowred  to 
Sign  Seall  &  Deliver  Authintique  Deeds  of  Sale  (to  the  Severall  per- 
sons that  the  Town  hath  Sold  land  unto)  in  y«  behalf  of  y«.  Town;" 

He  was  also  Town  Clerk  from  December,  1686,  to  some 
time  between  October  2  and  November  21,  1689.' 

In  military  affairs  he  was  quite  prominent.  At  the  Gen- 
eral Court  of  May,  1669,  "Thomas  Campfield  &  Samuel 
Bales"  were  "  confirmed  Sarjeants  of  the  Traine  Band  of 
Milford."  In  October,  1676,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  Lieutenant,  and  in  May,  1683  to  the  Captaincy  of  the 
company.^ 

'  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  3,  pp.  112,  129,  159,  182, 
215  and  241. 

*  Private  Controversies,  Vol.  2,  Document  41,  Conn.  State  Library. 
3  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  3,  pp.  115,  140,   169,  195 

and  230. 

*  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  i,  pp.  160,  161  and  162.     Vol. 

2,  pp.  2  to  59.     Vol.  3,  pp.  22  to  52.     Vol.  9,  reverse  end  p.  25. 

*  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  2,  pp.  107  and  292.     Vol, 

3,  p.  "6. 


106  THE  JOHN  EELLS  FAMILY. 

"  Jan'':  14*''.  1669  Serg'.  Eells  hath  giuen  to  him  by  the  Town  one 
parcell  of  Land  Containing  Six  Acres  of  Measured  Land  lying  in  the 
ffield  on  the  West  Side  of  the  Mill  Riuer  att  the  further  End  of 
Mashes  Swamp  bounded  with  the  Riuer  East,  and  West,  the  Comon 
&  North  and  South,  In  Length  fourty  and  Eight  Rod,  and  in  bredth 
twenty  pole  wide  "  ' 

June  15,  1670  Samuel  Eells  "weaver"  of  Milford  gave 
a  mortgage  to  Alexander  Bryan  for  ^100  of  "  my  dwelling 
house  wherin  I  now  Hue  and  Barn  and  homelott  Containing 
four  acres. ' '  ^ 

February  18,  1692-3  he  conveyed  this  property  to  Richard 
Bryan,  grandson  of  Alexander,  and  in  the  deed  the  property 
is  described  as  ' '  bounded  with  the  Street  East  the  Terrills 
and  Briscoes  land  West  Jonathan  L,awe  his  homelott  North 
and  Thomas  Andrews  his  homelott  South."  ' 

Owing  to  the  imperfect  condition  of  the  early  town  records 
of  Milford  it  is  impossible  to  identify  positively  this  home- 
stead, but  it  is  thought  to  have  been  situated  on  the  West 
side  of  the  highway,  facing  the  open  land  in  front  of  the 
present  town  hall. 

January  22,  1676  one  mile  of  the  sequestered  land  was 
ordered  divided  among  the  inhabitants.  Immediately  fol- 
lowing the  record  showing  the  division  of  part  of  these 
lands  among  those  living  on  the  East  side  of  Mill  river  is 
this  entry  : 

' '  The  Order  of  y'  Lotts  for  those  that  Dwell  on  y'^  West 
Side  of  y*^  Mill  River  begining  where  y^  Above  Mentioned 
Ended  "     Samuel  Eells  was  assigned  lot  28.' 

March  3,  1679  "Samuel  Eells  of  Milford  in  the  Colony 
of  Connecticott  Gent ' '  purchased  of  Edward  Shippen  of 
Boston  a  dwelling  house  and  land  ' '  scituate  at  the  South- 
erly end  of  the  Town  of  Boston  "...."  bounded  North 
Easterly  by  the  L,and  of  Nicholas  Baxter  and  John  Irons, 

1  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  134. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  3,  p.  104. 
3  Ibid.,  Vol.  3,  p.  108. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  9,  reverse  end  p.  12. 


MAJOR  SAMUEL  EELLS.  107 

South  Easterly  on  the  highway  next  the  Sea."  '  June  28, 
1 68 1  he  sold  this  property  to  Ann  Perry  of  Boston  a  former 
owner.* 

On  page  78  of  volume  5,  Milford  I^and  records,  is  ' '  The 
List  allowed  for  1686  "  of  the  taxable  property  m  the  town, 
the  total  amount  being  /9644-02.  "Cap*  Sam'  Bells  "  is 
rated  at  ^079-05. 

May  27,  1689.  "Cap'  Sam"  Eells  Timothy  Baldwin  &  Samuel 
Couch  proposeing  to  y^  Town  to  Have  Liberty  to  build  a  fulling  Mill 
upon  y"  beaver  brook  within  y"  Common  fence  on  Timothy  Baldwins 
Land  doe  promise  if  y"  Stoping  of  y«  water  by  y«  Dam  be  so  y'.  it  is 
not  passable  in  y"  high  way  for  Carts  and  horses  they  will  make  y«. 
way  passable  by  Such  a  Bridge  as  shall  be  Necessary  for  Carts  &  horses 
&  Maintaine  y«  Same  So  long  as  y''  Mill  &  Dam  shall  Stand 

The  Town  by  a  full  Vote  Granted  y**  Request  of  y«  s'^  Sam"  Eells 
Timothy  Baldwin  &  Sam"  Couch  upon  j"  Conditions  proposed"  ^ 

The  following  account  of  the  events  that  occurred  in 
July  1675,  during  the  war  against  the  Indians,  is  taken 
from  page  23  of  the  "History  of  King  Philip's  War"  by 
Benjamin  Church,  second  edition,  Newport  1772  : 

"  After  this  Dartmouth's  distresses  required  succour,  great  part  of 
the  town  being  laid  desolate,  and  many  of  the  inhabitants  kill'd  ; 
the  most  of  Plymouth  forces  were  ordered  thither;  and  coming  to 
Russell's  garrison  at  Ponaganset,''  they  met  with  a  number  of  the 
enemy  that  had  surrendered  themselves  prisoners  on  terms  promised 
by  Capt.  Eels  of  the  garrison,  and  Ralph  Earl,  who  persuaded  them 
(by  a  friend  Indian  he  had  employed)  to  come  in.  And  had  their 
promises  to  the  Indians  been  kept,  and  the  Indians  fairly  treated,  it 
is  probable  that  most  if  not  all  the  Indians  in  those  parts  had  soon 
followed  the  example  of  those  who  had  now  surrendered  themselves  ; 
which  would  have  been  a  good  step  towards  finishing  the  war.  But 
in  spite  of  all  that  Capt.  Eels,  Church  or  Earl  could  say,  argue,  plead^ 
or  beg,  somebody  else  that  had  more  power  in  their  hands  improved 
it  ;  and  without  any  regard  to  the  promises  made  them  on  their 
surrendering  themselves,  they  were  carried  away  to  Plymouth,  there 

1  Suffolk  Deeds,  Vol.  11,  p.  297. 

2  Ibid.,  Vol.  12,  p.  271. 

3  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  9,  reverse  end  p.  38. 
^  In  Dartmouth,  Mass. 


108  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS   FAMILY. 

sold,  and  transported  out  of  the  country,  being  about  eight-score 
persons.  An  action  so  hateful  to  Mr.  Church,  that  he  oppos'd  it  to 
the  loss  of  the  good  will  and  respects  of  some  that  before  were  his 
good  friends." 

Among  the  records  of  the  General  Court  of  Connecticut 
for  the  May  session  1676,  appears  this  entry  : 

"  This  Court  haueing  considered  the  present  danger  of  the  country 
by  reason  of  the  enemie's  force  and  strength,  and  the  outrages  they 
comtnitt  upon  the  persons  and  estates  of  the  good  people  of  the 
Vnited  Colonyes,  judg  it  necessary  that  there  be  forthwith  ra5'sed 
three  hundred  and  fifty  men  in  the  Colony  to  be  a  standing  army ; 
they,  with  the  Indians,  to  be  improved  by  the  Councill  in  such  way 
and  manner  as  they  shall  finde  most  advantageous  for  the  publique 
good,  either  in  the  Narrogancett  country  or  elswhere  ;  to  be  raysed 
in  the  countyes  as  followeth  ;  Hartford  county,  122  ;  Fayrfeild  county, 
eighty-two  ;  New  Haven,  78 ;  New  Ivondon,  sixty-eight.  Each  soul- 
dier  to  haue  a  pownd  of  powder  and  three  pownd  of  buUetts  (of  their 
own  or  of  the  towne  stocks.)  To  be  at  Norwich  upon  the  27*  of  this 
moneth." ' 

"  Capt"  Tho :  Munson  was  chosen  Capt"  for  N.  Haven  County; 
Moses  Mansfield,  L,"';  Sam"  Burrill,  Ensigne."^ 

"AT  A  MEETING  OF  THE   COUNCILL,    MAY   24''',    1676." 

"  Vpon  the  acco*  from  New  Haven  of  the  difficulty  of  improving 
those  ofiBcers  that  the  Gen"  Cotu-t  pitcht  upon  in  that  County,  the 
Councill  did  order  and  appoynt  that  I,nt.  Moses  Mansfelld  shall  be 
Captain  of  those  new-raysed  forces  in  that  County,  for  the  present 
service,  and  Mr.  Sam"  Eiles  of  Milford,  Leivtenant,  and  Daniel 
Sherman,  Ensigne, — all  which  will  be  expected  to  giue  due  attendance 
according  to  order  in  their  respectiue  places,  and  commissions  will  be 
prepared  accordingly  ;  and  signifyed  the  same  to  Mr.  Joanes  and  Mr. 
Bishop  in  a  letter. ' '  ^ 

Perhaps  as  a  reward  for  services  rendered  in  this  war  the 
General  Court  in  May  1687,  granted  to  "  Capt.  Moses 
Mansfeild,  Capt.  John  Beard,  Capt.  Samuel  Eales,  Mr. 
John  Burr,  two  hundred  acres  of  land  a  peice,   provided 

^  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  2,  p.  278. 
*  Ibid.,  Vol.  2,  p.  279. 
'  Ibid.,  Vol.  2,  p.  443. 


MAJOR  SAMUEIv  EELLS.  109 

they  take  it  up  where  it  may  not  prejudice  any  former 
grant  to  any  plantation  or  perticular  person  ;  "  ' 

Among  the  records  of  the  General  Assembly  for  October, 
1708,  is  found  this  entry  : 

' '  Whereas  the  General  Assembly  of  this  Colony  held  at  Hartford 
May  I2th,  1687,  did  grant  to  Capt.  Samuell  Eells,  then  of  Milford, 
(now  of  Hingham,)  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  and  the  General 
Assembly  held  at  Hartford  May  13th,  1708,  did  give  and  grant  to  the 
Reverend  Mr.  James  Noyes,  of  Stoningtown,  two  hundred  ^acres  of 
land,  provided  the  same  should  be  taken  up  without  prejudice  to  any 
former  grant,  &c.  :  This  Assembly  do  now  order  and  appoint  the 
county  surveyor  in  the  county  of  New  Ivondon,  or  else  Capt.  John 
Chandler  of  Woodstock,  or  either  of  them,  shall  survey  and  lay  out 
the  said  lands  granted  as  abovesaid,  and  make  report  of  the  survey 
thereof  to  this  Court  as  soon  as  may  be."  '■* 

An  examination  of  the  Colonial  records  fails  to  reveal 
the  entry  of  a  survey  if  one  was  made. 

Samuel  Eells  was  admitted  to  membership  in  the  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Milford,  May  15,  1670,  and  his  wife 
Anna,  July  10,  1670 ;  against  her  name  on  the  Church 
records  is  an  entry  to  the  effect  that  she  died  February, 
1687.= 

On  page  82  of  the  first  volume  of  Births,  Marriages  and 
Deaths  of  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  is  this  entry  : 

"Captaine  Samuel  Eeles  &  Sarah  North  widdow  were 
marryed  by  Captaine  John  Smith  assistant  y«  22"' of  August  1689." 

She  was  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  (  )  Bateman, 
and  widow  of  Edward  North,  all  of  Boston. 

On  page  i  of  volume  8,  Suffolk  Probate  Records  is 
entered  the  will  of  ' '  John  Bateman  of  Boston  Now  Resi- 
dent in  Hingum  in  the  County  of  Suffolk."  The  will 
bears  the  date  November  10,  1689,  and  was  presented  to 
the  Probate  Court  September  16,  1690. 

^  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  3,  p.  233. 

2  Ibid.,  Vol.  5,  p.  77. 

5  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  8. 


110  THE  JOHN   EEIvIvS   FAMII.Y. 

He  refers  to  himself  as  "being  aged  &  Infirm  of  Body," 
and  makes  bequests  to  his 

"Eldest  son  William  twenty  pounds  in  money  provided  he  ever 
Appear  in  this  Country  of  New  England." 

"Item  :  I  giue  vnto  my  son  Joseph  tenne  pounds  in  money  if  he 
Appear  as  afforesaid 

Item  I  giue  vnto  my  four  daughters  Elizabeth  Arnold  Sarah  Eells 
Rachel  Holman  and  Mary  Jones  fine  shillings  apeece  And  I  doe  here- 
by make  ordaine  and  Appoint  my  Louing  Sonns  in  I,aw  Samuell 
Eells  of  Hingum  and  Isaac  Jones  of  Boston  to  be  Executors  of  this 
my  last  will  &  testament  ' ' 

On  page  68  of  volume  9  of  the  Probate  Records  of  Suffolk 
County  is  an  entry  showing  that  on  July  26,  1683,  admin- 
istration on  the  estate  of  "  Edward  North  late  of  Boston 
Marriner  dec*^  intestate ' '  was  granted  ' '  unto  Sarah  his 
Relict  widow  ' '  The  papers  relating  to  this  case  comprise 
file  number  1289. 

The  administration  bond  for  ^600  dated  July  26,  1683 
was  given  by  "Sarah  North  widow,  and  John  Bateman 
Shop  keeper  both  of  Boston  " 

The  two  inventories  of  North's  estate  are  recorded  in 
volume  9,  page  68  of  Suffolk  Probate. 

The  first,  dated  July  13,  1683,  shows  property  consisting 
of  dry  goods,  fruit,  flax,  tobacco  and  whalebone,  and 
' '  Debts  owing  in  Hingham  20-02-09  ' '  The  value  of  all 
which  was  ;^  192-02-7,  and  was  signed  by  John  Smith  and 
John  Prince.  The  other  inventory  signed  by  Joseph  How 
and  George  Briggs  is  dated  July  24,  1683.  It  comprised 
dry  goods,  cheese,  flax,  brooms,  sugar,  wheat,  rye,  Indian 
corn,  butter,  tobacco  and  whalebone  "In  the  Shop,"  also 
household  goods  and  wearing  apparel.  ' '  Sundry  Debts 
owing  to  the  Estate  in  the  Town  of  Boston  41.  10  03  " 
make   a  total  of  /i 83-1 2-3.     Both  inventories  aggregate 

i^375-i4-io. 

The  records  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for 
Suffolk  County  for  the  term  held  in  March,  1693-4,  disclose 
that  a  suit  was  brought  by   Edward   Crippen  of  Boston 


MAJOR  SAMUEL  EELLS.  m 

against  "  Capt  Samuel  Eles  of  Hingham  Merchant  & 
Sarah  his  wife  lately  called  Sarah  North.  Said  Sarah 
when  sole  about  Oct  7.  1682  of  Boston  owed  plaintiff  ^58- 
16-11  for  goods  &c.  Said  Samuel  &  Sarah  since  inter- 
marriage have  refused  to  pay." 

Samuel  Bells  removed  to  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  soon 
after  his  second  marriage  in  1689  and  probably  in  the  fall 
of  that  year.  The  latest  entry  on  the  Milford  records 
which  bears  his  name  as  Town  Clerk  is  dated  October  2, 
1689,'  and  in  the  annual  town  accounts  of  Hingham  which 
were  dated  March  10,  1689-90,  is  this 

' '  Item  to  Cap'.  Samuell  EUes  for  a  Journey  to  Sittuate  about  Tho 
Hewit  5s  :  &  for  cloath  for  Richard  woods  00-10-10  " 

Also  at  a  session  of  the  New  Haven  County  Court  held 
June  II,  1690,  he  was  released  from  the  duties  of  adminis- 
trator on  the  estate  of  Robert  Haughton  deceased  "he 
being  removed  out  of  this  Colon3^"  ^ 

Samuel  Eells  is  described  as  a  merchant  in  the  suit 
brought  against  him  by  Edward  Crippen  of  Boston  (see 
above). 

The  following  entries  taken  from  the  accounts  of  the 
Town  of  Hingham  give  an  idea  of  the  nature  of  his  business. 

"January  the  9*  169I 
Item  to  Cap*  Eells  for  a  Bell  rope  00-02-00 

Dec  18.  1696 
To  Cap'  Eells  for  the  widdow  huett  and  for  paper  00-04-00 

Dec  31.  1697 
To  Cap*  Samuell  Eells  for  one  hour  glas  00-01-03 

Anno  1700 
It"  To  Maj^  Samuel  Eells  for  an  hour  glass  00-01-03 

1 701 
Itt  to  maj''  Samuell  Eells  for  two  ow''  glasses  00-002-04" 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  162.  This  record  is 
evidently  a  copy  of  an  original  not  now  extant :  whether  he  actually 
attested  the  original  or  whether  his  name  was  added  by  some  other 
person,  cannot  now  be  determined. 

'  New  Haven  County  Coiurt  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  176. 


112  THE  JOHN  EELLS  FAMII.Y. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  while  in  Connecticut,  Samuel 
Eells  was  Captain  of  the  Trainband.  Whether  he  held  a 
similar  position  in  Massachusetts  cannot  be  determined. 

In  the  Town  Accounts  just  referred  to,  he  is  mentioned 
in  December,  1697,  as  Captain,  and  as  Major  in  1700.  A 
careful  examination  of  the  Colonial  Records  of  Massa- 
chusetts fails  to  disclose  the  date  of  his  appointment  as 
Major,  which  title  he  bore  for  the  rest  of  his  life.  At  the 
annual  town  meeting  held  March  27,  1694,  he  was  chosen 
Commissioner  of  Assessments, '  and  one  year  later,  a  Select- 
man.' 

On  the  official  records  of  the  General  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts for  the  session  beginning  May  30,  1705,  the  name 
of  the  Representative  from  the  town  of  Hingham  is  omitted.' 
The  Hingham  Town  Records  show  that  at  a  meeting  held 
April  28,  1705,  Serj.  Josiah  Leavitt  was  chosen  as  the 
Representative  from  that  town.  For  some  reason  now 
unknown,  I^eavitt  did  not  serve,  and 

'  'At  a  Town  meeting  in  Hingham  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  in  new 
england  on  the  6^^  day  of  June  1 705 :  the  freeholders  and  others  of 
said  Hingham  quallified  to  voat  as  the  Law  derecteth:  By  the  maiger 
part  of  the  Electers  present  chose  mai""  samuell  Eells  to  serue  for 
and  represent  them  at  the  Great  and  generall  Court  or  assembly  to  be 
begun  and  held  at  Boston  on  the  30"'  of  may  1705:  and  to  represent 
said  Town  of  Hingham  at  or  during  the  session  and  sessions  of  said 
court:"  ■* 

In  the  town  accounts  rendered  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
1706  is  this  item  : 

"  to  Maj'  Samuel  Eells  for  deputy  charges  in  1705  12-00-00" 

At  a  town  meeting  held  May  i,  1706,'  he  was  re-elected, 
and  in  the  town  accounts  of  March,  1707-8,  there  is  charged 

^  Hingham,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  (copy)  p.  261. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  (copy)  p.  266. 

*  Court  Record,  Vol.  8,  p.  116,  Mass.  State  Archives. 
••  Hingham,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  2,  p.  192. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  2,  p.  197. 


MAJOR  SAMUEL  EELLS.  113 

^15-09-00  paid  to  "  Maj  Samuell  Eells  for  deputis  charges 
in  1706" 

Major  Eells  must  have  been  a  man  of  great  ability  and 
influence,  in  evidence  of  vs^hich  the  following  resolution 
approved  July  13,  1706,  is  taken  from  volume  8,  page  183, 
of  the  Acts  and  Resolves  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts 
Bay. 

' '  Whereas  both  Houses  of  this  Court  have  agreed  that  John  Bor- 
land Sam"  Vetch,  Roger  Lawson,  William  Rouse  Ebenez'  :  Coffin,  & 
John  Phillips  jun':  Shall  be  Proceeded  against  upon  Attainder  of  high 
Crime  &  misdemeanor  at  the  next  session  of  this  Court. 

Ordered  that  M':  Nehemiah  Jewet,  Sam":  Eels  Esq':  M':  Nathan". 
Blaygrove  M':  Benj».  Lynde  &  Col".  Sam".  Checkley  or  any  three  of 
them  be  a  Comittee  to  Joine  with  the  Attourney  Gener":  to  Draw  up 
the  attainder  accordingly,  to  set  the  next  week,  and  any  other  time 
between  the  Sessions,  M'.  Jewet  to  be  Chairman  and  appoint  time  &. 
place  of  Sitting,  and  that  the  secretary  &  Clerk  of  this  House  Lay 
before  them  the  Papers  &  Evidences,  relating  to  the  s-*.  affair,  that  no 
time  be  lost  in  the  Proceeding  at  the  opening  of  the  next  session." 

On  page  1 94  of  the  same  volume  is  this  entry : 

"To  Sam"  :  Eeels  Esq':  one  of  y*  s^  Comtee  6, 

dales  .  .  I .  .10.  . " 


At  a  session  of  the  Colonial  Council  held  June  12,  1701, 
the  Governor  nominated  "  Maj'  Samuel  Eells  for  a  Justice 
of  the  peace  "  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  which  nomination 
the  Council  confirmed.    In  June,  1702,  he  was  re-appointed/ 

On  the  land  records  of  Suffolk  County  are  entered  a 
number  of  deeds  the  acknowledgment  of  which  was  taken 
by  him  as  a  Justice.  These  and  the  record  of  his  death  at 
Hingham  prove  that  he  held  the  ofi&ce  for  the  rest  of  his 
life. 

The  names  of  Edward  North  and  Sarah  North  do  not 
appear  on  the  Suffolk  County  Deeds  as  owning  any  lands 
at  Hingham,  nor  does  that  of  Samuel  Eells  before  1705, 
but  Eells  or  his  wife  must  have  had  some  interest  in  lands 

>  Council  Record,  Vol.  3,  pp.  211  and  339,  Mass.  State  Archives. 


114  THE  JOHN   EELIvS   FAMILY. 

there  at  an  earlier  date,  as  is  indicated  by  the  following 
vote  taken  from  the  town  records  : 

'  'At  a  Town  meeting  in  Hingham  on  the  fourth  day  of  May,  1691  = 
Captain  Samuel  Eells,  of  said  Hingham  (by  the  Town  Clerk)  pre- 
sented his  right  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  Town  of  Hingham, 
showing  that  Whereas,  he  the  said  Samuel  Eells,  is  about  to  build  an 
addition  to  his  house  of  sixteen  foot  long,  and  by  reason  the  fence 
goeth  rounding  next  the  street,  one  corner  of  the  house  will  be  about 
two  foot  further  out,  then  the  shop,  now  his  request  is  that  the  Town 
would  be  pleased  to  grant  him  liberty,  and  also,  the  propriety  of  so 
much  land  as  he  shall  need  to  make  his  house  of  the  length  aforesaid, 
and  to  remove  and  set  his  Shop  on  the  backside  of  the  said  house,  or 
if  the  Town  please  to  sell  him  so  much  land,  and  he  will  give  the 
full  value  thereof. 

The  Town,  at  the  said  meeting  sent  three  men  from  the  meeting  to 
view  the  land  desired,  and  they,  at  their  return,  informed  the  Town, 
that  it  would  not  be  prejudicial  to  the  Town  to  grant  the  land  desired. 
And  at  the  said  meeting  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  Hingham,  granted 
to  the  said  Samuel  Eells,  and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns,  forever,  the 
above  said  quantity  of  land  he  desired,  for  the  setting  his  house  and 
removing  his  Shop  as  aforesaid."  ' 

Later  appears  this  entry  : 

"At  a  general  Town  meeting  in  the  Town  of  Hingham,  in  the 
County  of  Suffolk  in  New  England,  on  the  30'^''  day  of  March  1696— 
Captain  Samuel  Eells  of  said  Hingham,  desired  the  Town  to  grant 
him  a  piece  of  land  on  the  gravely  Hill  near  his  house  to  set  a  Stable 
upon=The  Town  then  chose,  and  appointed  Benjamin  Lincoln,  senior, 
and  Samuel  Lincoln,  of  said  Hingham,  to  view  the  Land  that  he 
desire,  and  to  return  to  the  Town  what  he  desire,  and  what  may  be 
conveniently  done  therein = At  a  general  Town  meeting  in  said  Hing- 
ham, on  the  25*>'  day  of  March,  i7oo=the  said  Benjamin,  and  Samuel 
Lincoln,  made  their  Return  to  the  Town  as  followeth.  Whereas,  we 
underwritten  were  appointed  by  the  Town  of  Hingham,  to  view  a 
small  piece  of  land  on  the  saide  of  the  Hill,  by  Mr.  John  Mayo's 
fence,  some  distance  from  it,  over  against  Samuel  Lincoln's  home  Lot, 
which  Captain  Samuel  Eells  desired  to  have  of  the  Town  to  set  a 
Barn,  or  Stable  upon,  we  have  viewed,  and  taken  notice  of  the  place 
and  we  do  judge  that  if  their  be  granted  to  him  about  twenty  six 
foot  long,  and  eighteen  foot  wide  it  will  not  be  any  damage  to  the 

>  Hingham,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  (copy)  p.  240. 


MAJOR  SAMUEL   EELLS.  115 

Town  or  any  particular  person = witness  our  hands,  this  25""  day  of 
March,  1700= 

Benjamin  Lincoln  Samuel  Lincoln, 
At  the  said  Town  Meeting,  on  the  25*^  of  March,  1700 — after  some 
agitation  about  the  premises,  the  inhabitants  of  said  Hingham,  to 
wit,  the  freeholders  and  other  persons  qualified  to  vote  in  Town 
affairs,  as  the  Law  direct — then  granted  to  the  said  Samuel  Eells, 
liberty  to  set  a  barn,  or  stable  upon  the  aforesaid  piece  of  land,  for 
and  during  the  Term  of  five  years,  he  paying  to  the  Town  one  penny, 
by  the  year,  annually,  for  rent,  so  long  as  his  building  shall  stand 
upon  the  said  Land."  ^  ■* 

April  3,  1705,  Samuel  Eells  purchased  of  Caleb  Bate  of 
Hingham  for  ^70  nine  acres  of  meadow  and  orchard  in 
Hingham,  part  of  the  property  of  Joseph  Bate  father  of  the 
grantor :  the  land  being  bounded  North  by  the  street  or 
highway,  East  by  other  lands  of  the  said  Joseph  Bate, 
South  by  land  of  Daniel  Gushing  and  West  by  land  of 
Samuel  Thaxter,  also  three  quarters  of  an  acre  of  salt  marsh 
in  Hingham  near  Bates's  bridge.^ 

According  to  the  History  of  Hingham  published  by  the 
Town  in  1893,  the  tax  lists  show  that  his  residence  was  on 
Fort  Hill  street.' 

' '  Maj  Samuell :  Eells  one  of  Her  maiesties  Justices  of  the  peace  for 
the  County  of  Suffolk:  dyed  the  21':  day  of  Aprill  :  1709  :"  ■* 

There  is  no  gravestone  to  his  memory  now  extant  in 
Hingham,  and  the  place  of  his  burial  is  unknown. 

June  15,  1713,  administration  on  the  estate  of  Samuel 
Eells  late  of  Hingham  "  Shopkeeper  "  was  granted  to  "  his 
relict  Widow  Sarah  Eells,"  the  executrix  named  in  his  will 
which  is  recorded  on  page  50  of  volume  18  of  the  Probate 
Records  for  Suffolk  County.  The  following  is  a  transcript 
of  the  original  : 

^  Hingham,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  (copy)  page  293. 

^  Suffolk  Deeds,  Vol.  22,  p.  226. 

^  History  of  the  Town  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  Vol.  2,  p.  210. 

^  Hingham,  Mass.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  145. 


116  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

"The  last  will  and  testament  of  Samuel  Eells  of  Hingham,  in  the 
County  of  Suffolk  in  the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New 
England  Shopkeeper,   In  the  name  of  god  Amen. 

I  the  afForesaid  Samuel  Eells  being  in  good  health  of  body,  and  of 
perfect  and  Sound  memory  and  understanding,  blessed  be  god  for  it, 
yet  being  Sencable  of  my  Mortallity,  doe  hereby  make  this  my  Last 
Will  and  testament,  in  manner  and  form  following,  hereby  Revoking 
and  making  Null  and  void,  all  or  any  will  or  wills  by  me  heretofore 
by  me  made,  either  by  word  or  writing,  and  this  only  to  be  taken  and 
held  for  my  last  Will  and  testament. 

First  I  giue  and  bequeath  my  Soul  to  god  (through  Jesus  Christ) 
who  gaue  it,  and  my  Body  to  a  decent  and  Christian  Buriall  at  the 
discretion  of  my  Executrix  hereafter  named,  and  as  to  what  worldly 
Estate  god  hath  blessed  me  with,  I  doe  giue  bestow  And  bequeath 
as  followeth. 

Imprimis  I  giue  and  bequeath  to  my  dearly  beloued  wife  Sarah  Eells 
all  my  reall  estate  in  Hingham  afforesaid  to  her  &  to  her  heirs  And 
assignes  foreuer,  alsoe  giue  unto  her  my  said  wife  all  my  personall 
Estate  in  Hingham,  and  all  my  Debts  &  personall  Estate  Due  and  of 
right  belonging  to  me  else  where  in  the  province  afforesaid,  vpon  this 
Condition  that  she  my  said  wife  doe  &  perform  and  pay  what  is  here- 
after Expressed  and  mentioned  in  my  said  Will  for  her  to  doe  and 
perform  &  pay. 

First  that  she  pay  all  my  Just  Debts,  Secondly  that  she  Doe  within 
eight  moneth  after  my  Decease,  or  upon  the  demand  of  my  son 
Samuel  Eells  of  Milford,  in  Connecticut  Colony,  Quitt  her  claim  vnto 
my  said  Son,  &  to  his  heires  &  Assignes  for  euer  of  in  and  vnto  my 
house  and  land  in  Milford,  that  I  made  ouer  to  my  said  wife  upon  her 
marriage  with  me,  by  Instrument  Bearing  date  the  28th  day  of  July 
1689. 

Item  I  giue  and  bequeath  vnto  my  said  Sonne  Samuell  Eells  my 
old  Dweling  house,  Barn  and  homelott  &  orchard  in  Milford  afores'^ 
with  all  my  out  lands  of  what  Kinde  or  nature  soeuer,  and  that  two 
Hundred  acres  of  Land  granted  to  Me  by  the  general  Court  at  Hart- 
ford, all  to  him  and  to  his  heires  and  assignes  for  ever,  with  ye  ap- 
partinances  he  paying  to  my  Daughter  in  Law  frances  Eells  of  sd 
Milford,  the  sume  of  thirty  pounds,  and  I  doe  forgiue  my  said  son 
what  he  oweth  me,  Except  for  Eight  thousand  of  Shingles  he  had  of 
me 

Item  I  giue  to  my  sd  Daughter  ffrances  Eells  my  New  house  in  s'^  Mil- 
ford, with  the  land  it  standeth  on,  &  the  vse  of  the  well  and  pump 
what  she  shall  have  occation  for,  and  free  egresse  and  regresse  in  the 
yard  to  goe  &  come  from  s'^  well  and  pump,  and  some  fruit  in  the 
orchard  (when  it  bareth  it)  as  much  as  she  Shall  have  occation  for, 


MAJOR  SAMUEL   EELLS.  117 

for  her  own  vse  and  all  this  dureing  her  widowhood,  but  if  she  should 

marry  a  man  that  hath  no  house,  then  she  shall  haue  the  house,  & 

the  s''  priuilidges  Dureing  her  Naturall  life,  alsoe  I  give  to  my  said 

Daughter  ffrances  Eells  five  pounds  to  be  paid  by  my  Executrix,  in 

goods  at  money  pris 

Item     My  will  is  that  my  Son  Samuell  Eells  pay  to  his  three  Children 

out  of  what  I  have  giuen  him  twenty  shillings  a  piece 

Item     I  giue  to  my  grand  Child  Elizabeth  Eells  my  feather  bed  that 

is  at  Milford,  with  what  belongeth  to  it. 

Item     I  giue  to  my  grand  Children  ffrances  Eells  and  Anna  Eells, 

fourty  shillings  A  piece  to  be  paid  in  goods  by  my  Executrix 

Item     I  giue  vnto  my  son  Samuel  Eells  all  my  Law  books,  and  three 

duzon  of  Coat  Silver  buttons  and  the  coat  that  they  shall  be  on  at  my 

decease,  &  my  smalest  Silver  buttons  for  a  Jackcoat,   &  the  Jackcoat 

that  they  shall  then  be  on,  and  my  pistolls  and  Holsters,  and  my 

silver  watch  which  he  gaue  me,  and  my  best  hatt  and  belt,   &  my 

siluer  seal,  &  my  great  gold  ring, 

fiurther  my  will  is  that  if  my  Daughter  in  Law  Martha  Eells,  wife 
of  my  said  son  Samuel  Eells,  should  be  forced  to  part  w"*  the  house 
that  was  her  former  husbands,  to  pay  her  Childrens  portions  that  she 
had  by  her  former  Husband,  Cap^  Sam".  Bryan  And  if  she  should 
Survive  my  said  son,  that  then  she  shall  haue  the  one  halfe  my 
afforesd  old  dweling  house.  Barns  home  lott  &  orchard  dureing  her 
widowhood  which  halfe  she  pleaseth,  the  keeping  of  it  in  repair 
dureing  sd  time. 

Item  I  giue  vnto  my  Son  Nathanael  Eells  of  Scituate  and  my  Daugh- 
ter Hannah  his  wife  one  hundred  pounds  in  money,  or  goods  at  money 
price,  at  the  Death  of  my  now  wife,  or  at  her  Day  of  Marriage  againe, 
which  shall  first  Happen. 

Item  I  giue  to  my  said  Son  Nathanael  Eells  three  duzen  of  Silver 
Coat  Butons,  and  all  my  largest  sort  of  Jackcoat  silver  Buttons,  and 
my  clock,  and  my  Cloth  Cloak  and  my  gun,  &  my  Silver  headed 
Cane. 

And  I  do  hereby  make  sd  Louing  wife  Sarah  Eells  whole  and  sole 
Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament 

In  Witnes  that  this  is  my  last  will  and  testament  I  haue  hereunto 
Sett  my  hand  and  seal  this  first  day  of  August  In  the  fourth  year  of 
her  Majesties  Reign  Annoque  Domini  1705. 


^anuuJl 


\  SEAI,  I 


118  THE  JOHN  EELLS   FAMII^Y. 

Signed  sealed  &  declared  by  the  above  sd  Samuel  Eells 
that  the  aboue  written  instrument  was  his  last  will 
and  testament  in  the  presents  of  us  witnesses 

Nathaniel  Hall 

Benjamin  Lincoln 

John  Fearing 

Jeremiah  Lincoln  " 

"Suflfolk,  ss. 

By  the  Hono''''*  Is*.  Addington  Esq'. 

Judge  of  probate  &c 

The  before  written  will  being  presented  for 

probate  by  the  Exe'  yrein  named 

Benjamin  Lincoln  &  John  Fearing  psonally  appearing 

made  Oath  That  he  saw  Samuel  Eells  the  subscriber  to 

the  above  Instrum*.  Sign  &  Seal  &  heard  him  Declare 

the  same  to  be  his  Last  Will  &  Testam',  &  that  when 

he  so  did  he  was  of  sound  Disposing  Mind  &  Memory 

according  to  these  Depon'"  best  Discerning  &  that  they 

the  Depon''  together  with  Nath'.  Hall  &  Jeremiah  Lincoln 

subscribed  their  Names  as  Witnesses  thereof  in  the 

Testators  presence 

Jur'  Cor  Is*.  Addington 

Boston  23"^  June  1713" 


There  being  no  record  of  the  deed  of  the  house  and  land 
in  Milford  given  by  Samuel  Eells  to  his  wife  Sarah  as  men- 
tioned in  his  will,  it  was  evidently  deemed  unnecessary  to 
record  the  release  of  this  property  from  her  to  Samuel 
Junior,  nor  is  there  any  record  of  an  inventory  or  further 
action  on  the  settlement  of  his  estate.  For  this  reason,  the 
value  of  the  property  he  left  is  unknown. 

August  3,  1713,  "Sarah  Bells  of  Scituate  widow"  con- 
veyed to  George  Bramhall  of  Hingham  for  ^160  "  current 
money  of  New  England,"  "my  house  and  land  in  the 
township  of  Hingham  lately  the  estate  of  Joseph  Bate  of 
Hingham,"  containing  sixteen  acres  more  or  less,  bounded 
"  Northerly  with  the  Town  Street  or  highway  Easterly 
with  the  Land  of  Caleb  Bate  Southerly  with  the  Land  of 


MAJOR  SAMUEL  EELLS. 


119 


Daniel  Gushing  and  Westerly  with  the  land  of  Samuel 
Thaxter,"  also  one  half  acre  of  salt  marsh.' 

The  following  day  Bramhall  conveyed  this  property  back 
to  Sarah  Bells  together  with  his  dwelling  house  and  forty 
rods  of  land  on  the  North  side  of  Town  street."  These 
conveyances  show  that  the  widow  of  Major  Samuel  Eells 
removed  to  Scituate  presumably  to  live  with  her  son-in-law, 
Rev.  Nathaniel  Eells. 

In  volume  i ,  part  4,  page  8  of  the  town  records  of  Scituate 
is  found  this  entry 

"Sarah  Eells  Wido  &  Relict  of  Samuel  Eells  Esq"^  Died  February 
the  9"" :  1717" 

January  23,  1718-19,  the  Plymouth  County  Probate 
Court  granted  administration  on  her  estate  to  Nathaniel 
Eells  "  Clerk"  of  Scituate  and  Hannah  his  wife  who  gave 
bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties. '  Nothing 
further  appears  to  have  been  done  regarding  the  settlement 
of  her  estate. 


I. 

II. 

Ill 


V. 


Samuel, 

John, 

Samuel, 


b.  June  I,  1664;^ 
"  July  3,  1665  ;■» 
"  Sep. 


4.  IV.      John, 


Children  of  Samuel  and  Anna  (Lenthall)  Eells. 

d.  July  16,  1665. 

"  July  13,  lees.-* 

2,  1666;^  bap.  June  5,  1670;*  m.  i.  Es- 
ther Oviatt,  2.  Martha, 
(Whiting)  Bryan,  3.  Re- 
becca (Wilkinson)  Bald- 
win. 
"  Junes,  1670;"  m.  Frances 
Oviatt. 
Feb.  19,  1670-1.® 

It  is  a  tradition  in  the 
Eells  family  that  she  mar- 
ried a  man  by  the  name 
^  Suffolk  Deeds,  Vol.  27,  leaf  294. 
'  Ibid.,  Vol.  27,  leaf  295. 

*  Plymouth  County  Probate,  Vol.  4,  p.  158. 

*  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  18. 
^  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  p.  23. 

*  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  11. 


Mary, 


"  Feb.  18,  1670;^ 


130  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

of  Fox.  On  page  55  of 
volume 3,  Milford,  Conn., 
Land  Records  is  entered 
a  deed,  dated  March  2, 
16S7,  and  acknowledged 
June  6,  1690,  from  Samuel 
Eells,  Senior,  to  Samuel 
Nettleton,  conveying  six 
acres  of  land  in  Milford. 
The  witnesses  to  this  deed 
were  John  Eells  and  Mary 
Fox.  This  latter  signa- 
ture harmonizes  with  the 
tradition,  and  is  the  only 
trace  as  yet  discovered,  of 
her  after  her  baptism. 

VI.  Robert,        b.  Dec.  14,  1672;'  bap.  Dec.  15,  1672;^  bur.  Jan. 

14,  1673.-* 

VII.  Robert,         "  June  25,  1675;^     "  June  27,  1675;*  bur.  Jan. 

28,  1676.-' 
5.  VIII.  Nathaniel,  "  Nov.  26,  1677;'     "   Dec.  30,  1677;^    m.  Oct. 

12,  1704,  Hannah  North. "^ 
IX.      Patience,      "  "   Mar.  7,  1680.' 


3. 

Samuel  Eells  (^Samuel  2,  John  i)  was  born  in  Mil- 
ford, Connecticut,  September  2,  1666*  and  was  baptized  June 
5,  1670.'  The  next  that  is  known  of  him  is  this  entry  on 
page  43  of  volume  9  of  the  Milford  Land  Records,  under 
date  of  January  13,  1695-6. 

"Serj*.  Samuel  Eells  propounding  for  a  piece  of  Ground  of  Twenty 
foot  Square  at  end  of  y^  Lane  by  Sam"  Couches,  Capt.  Sam"  Bryan 
&  L*  Sam"  Newton  &  Joseph  Peck  are  Chosen  &  Appointed  to  view 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  25. 

^  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  p.  29.  ^  Ibid.,  Vol.  i,  p.  32. 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  15. 

^  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  p.  13. 

^  Hingham,  Mass.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  130. 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  17. 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  18. 

9  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  ix. 


COLONEL  SAMUEL   EELLS.  121 

y"  Same  place  &  to  See  whether  it  may  be  had  without  prejudice  to  y«. 
Town  &  to  make  report  of  y"  Same  to  y**  Town  ; ' ' 

December  28,  1696  "Sam"  Eells  is  chosen  Constable  for  the  year 
ensuing,  &  sworn,  &  it  is  Voted  that  if  the  s''  Sam"  Eells  shall  haue 
occasion  to  goe  to  sea  that  he  shall  haue  liberty  to  appoynt  a  deputie 
to  officiate  in  his  room  in  his  absence,  his  s""  deputie  to  be  fitt  & 
capable  of  pforming  &  Executing  the  s''  office  "  ^ 

In  December,  1699  he  was  elected  one  of  the  School 
Committee  and  also  Auditor  of  the  town  accounts,  to  which 
latter  ofl&ce  he  was  re-elected  in  1700,  '01,  '05,  '06  ahd  '07.' 

At  the  town  meetings  held  in  December  1701,  '02,  '07 
and  '08,  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  Townsmen  or  Select- 
men/ and  frequently  served  on  important  committees. 

In  December  1700  he  was  one  of  the  persons  chosen  to 
make  the  town  rate  or  tax  for  the  salary  of  the  pastor  of 
the  church.  Rev.  Samuel  Andrews,  and  in  December  1735 
and  February  1735-6  he  was  one  of  those  authorized  to  act 
regarding  the  settlement  of  the  colleague  pastor,  Samuel 
Whittlesey.' 

December  10,  171 1  the  town  "Granted  to  Maj'  Samuel 
Eells  and  his  flfamily  liberty  to  build  a  Pew  for  himself  and 
family  next  to  y"  Great  Alley  where  y*"  two  Seats  hinder- 
most  Seats  of  y®  old  Guard  stand.  "^ 

December  14,  1730,  he  was  appointed  on  a  Committee  to 
consider  a  plan  for  seating  or  "dignifying"  the  meeting 
house  and  one  week  later  on  a  committee  regarding  the 
assignment  of  pews  in  "y®  Lower  Gallery."  " 

February,  1703-4  and  January  171 2-13,  he  was  one  of 
the  committee  to  procure  from  the  General  Court  a  new 
patent  for  the  town.^ 

December  1711,  February  1736-7  and  December  1737.  he 
was  on  the  committee  to  run  the  town  line  between  Milford 
and  Derby,  and  in  December  1719  and  February  1736-7,  to 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  Town  Votes,  1696-1751,  p.  3. 
2  Ibid.,  pp.  13,  14,  19,  25,  42,  44  and  49. 
.  *  Ibid.,  pp.  24,  32,  47  and  50.       *  Ibid.,  pp.  20,  174,  175  and  176. 
'  Ibid.,  p.  59.  ^  Ibid.,  pp.  164  and  165. 

'  Ibid.,  pp.  37  and  64. 


122  THE  JOHN   EEIvIyS   FAMILY. 

run  the  dividing  line  between  Milford,  Derby  and  Water- 
bury.' 

In  the  grant  of  land  made  to  him  by  the  town  January  13, 
1695-6,  (see  page  120)  he  is  mentioned  as  Serjeant,  but 
it  is  not  known  when  he  received  this  appointment,  or 
whether  he  later  held  the  rank  of  lyieutenant. 

Document  21  in  volume  i  of  Militia,  Connecticut  State 
lyibrary  is  a  petition  with  reference  to  his  election  as  Cap- 
tain which  reads  as  follows 

"  from  Milford  May.  9.  1699.  toe  the  generall 
Court  in  thar  fsesion  at  harford  your 
Most  hombell  faruents  the  traine  band  of  the 
fecout  company  in  Milford  wifing  all  hapinis 
toe  atend  your  worships  in  this  your  generall 
assembly  and  at  all  times  it  is  alfo  our 
homble  Requist  toe  your  worships  that  as 
you  ware  plesed  the  last  October  court 
toe  grant  Comisions  toe  our  leftenent  and 
insign  soe  that  now  you  would  be  plesed 
toe  doe  the  like  toe  our  Captaine 
M""  famuell  Eeals  we  still  making  choys  of 
him  and  desiring  that  he  may  be  our 
Captain  he  also  doth  Exsept  of  our 
Choys  and  is  wiling  to  sarue  the  King 
his  contry  and  our  company  in  that  place 
desiring  no  longer  Voyges  toe  sea  then  toe 
boston  and  coasting  near  home  and  if 
need  soe  Require  will  putt  amaster  in  his 
Roume  and  atend  the  Kings  saruis 
in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  Company 

Joseph  Garnsey  Clark  " 

The  petition  was  granted  and  the  General  Assembly 
established  him  as  Captain  of  the  Second  Train  band  of 
Milford.  = 

In  May  1709  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Major  of 
the  New  Haven  County  regiment  as  appears  by  this  entry 
in  the  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  volume  5,  page  95: 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  Town  Votes,  1696-1751,  pp.  61,  86,  179,  180 and  182. 
*  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  4,  p.  288. 


COLONEL  SAMUEL  EELLS.  123 

"  Upon  consideration  of  the  age  and  long  service  of  Major  Ebenezer 
Johnson,  sergeant  major  of  the  regiment  of  militia  in  the  county  of 
Newhaven,  this  Assembly  have  thought  meet  to  excuse,  and  do 
now  hereby  excuse  and  release  him  from  any  further  labour  in  that 
post.  And  this  Assembly  do  now  choose  and  appoint  Capt.  Samuel 
Eells  of  Milford  to  be  Major  of  the  said  regiment  of  militia,  and  do 
order  that  a  commission  be  given  him  accordingly,  and  that  he  do 
continue  in  the  command  of  the  company  at  Milford  ;  (whereof  he  is 
now  captain, )  notwithstanding. '  * 

In  October  1739,  he  was  appointed  Colonel  of  that  regi- 
ment, which  he  commanded  until  the  election  of  his  succes- 
sor Roger  Newton  in  October  1752.^ 

September  9,  1752  Colonel  Hells  issued  a  warrant  to 
Samuel  Harrison,  Captain  of  the  Train  band  in  the  Second 
Society  of  Branford,  commanding  him  "to  lead"  his  com- 
pany to  the  choice  of  an  Ensign.  The  original  warrant  in 
Colonel  Eells' s  handwriting  and  bearing  his  autograph  is 
preserved  among  the  State  Archives,  Militia,  volume  5, 
document  7. 


QmA  <d^i    (?fon9f 


It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  Samuel  Eells  was  73  years 
old  when  he  was  appointed  to  this  position  and  86  when  he 
retired. 

In  May  1 702  the  General  Assembly  appointed  him  Justice 
of  the  Peace  for  New  Haven  County  and  continued  him  in 
ofl&ce  until  May  1705,  when  he  was  appointed  Justice  of  the 
Peace  and  Quorum.     This  latter  oflSce  he  held  until  May 

1709.' 

He  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Court  from  Milford  in 
October  1704,  May  and  October  1705,  May  and  October 
1706,  April,  October  and  December  1707  and  May  1708, 
serving  as  speaker  in  October  1706  and  '07  and  May  1708.' 

'  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  8,  p.  279  and  Vol.  10,  p.  128. 
^  Ibid.,  Vol.  4,  pp.  378,  414,  467,  500  and  532.     Vol.  5,  pp.  20  and  62. 
*  Ibid.,  Vol.  4,  pp.  481,  498,  521  and  532.     Vol.  5,  pp.  i,   17,  30,  37 
and  40. 


124  THE  JOHN   EELIvS   FAMIIvY. 

In  May  1709  he  was  elected  one  of  the  Assistants  and 
held  that  position  until  May  1740.'  In  1740  and  '41  he 
again  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Quorum,  and  in 
1742  as  Justice  of  the  Peace. '■^  The  General  Assembly  in 
May  1 71 1  established  "a  Superiour  Court  of  Judicature" 
in  place  of  the  Court  of  Assistants.  At  the  same  session 
and  annually  until  May  1739  inclusive  he  was  appointed  a 
Judge  of  that  Court.' 

At  "  A  Superiour  Court  holden  at  Hartford  on  Tuesday 
March  19*''.  Anno  R  R^  G'^  Tertio  Annoq^  Domini 
1716/7,"     there  were 

' '  Present.    John  Hamlin  Esq.  Chief  Judge 
Richard  Christophers ") 
Peter  Burr  >  Esq".  Judges  " 

Samuel  Eels  ) 

At  this  term  of  the  Court  there  was  tried  the  case  of 
"William  Pittkin  Esq^  Nathan'.  Pitkin  &  Ozias  Pitkin  of  Hartford 
PI",  versus  Stephen  Bishop  of  Coventry  Defend'." 

The  record  reads  that 

"Samuel  Eells  Esq\  was  not  in  the  Judgement  in  this  Case  being 
related  to  one  of  the  Pl*'."^ 

At  this  date  he  was  living  with  his  second  wife,  Martha 
(Whiting)  Bryan  Eells  (see  page  129)  Her  half  sister, 
Elizabeth  Whiting,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  and  Phebe 
(Gregson)  Whiting,  married  Nathaniel  Pitkin  of  Hartford.' 

'  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  5,  pp.  89,  143,  206,  309, 
364,  425,  491  and  547.  Vol.  6,  pp.  3,  43,  108,  174  234,  305,  367,  441 
and  515.  Vol.  7,  pp.  3,  89,  150,  222,  268,  312,  364,  425,  483  and  543. 
Vol.  8,  pp.  28,  79,  157  and  222. 

''  Ibid.,  Vol.  8,  pp.  288,  367  and  448. 

^  Ibid.,  Vol.  5,  pp.  241,  332,  384,  430,  509  and  566.  Vol.  6,  pp.  11, 
44,  124,  180,  240,  316,  375,  455  and  517.  Vol.  7,  pp.  5,  91,  152,  223, 
268,  313,  365,  425,  483  and  543.     Vol.  8,  pp.  28,  80,  157  and  223. 

*  Superior  Court  Records,  No.  i,  1715  to  1718. 

^  The  fact  of  such  a  marriage  having  occurred  is  stated  on  page  331 
of  "Goodwin's  Genealogical  Notes,"  but  thus  far  the  compiler  of 
this  work  has  been  unable  to  learn  when  the  marriage  took  place  or 


COLONEL  SAMUEL  EELLS.  125 

He  was  appointed  in  May  1730  Judge  of  the  New  Haven 
County  Court  and  acted  until  May  1737,  when  he  declined 
to  serve  longer.' 

In  June  17 16  he  was  appointed  Judge  of  Probate  for  the 
District  of  New  Haven  to  act  during  the  disability  of  Judge 
John  Ailing.'^  The  Probate  records  do  not  disclose  any 
service  rendered  by  him. 

In  October,  1705,  the  General  Assembly  passed  an  act 
granting  to  certain  persons  the  exclusive  privilege  <5f  pro- 
curing and  sending  out  of  the  Colony  timber  for  use  as 
masts  in  the  Royal  Navy.  Samuel  Eells  was  one  of  the 
persons  named  in  said  act.^ 

In  May,  17 14,  he  was  appointed  Naval  Officer  for  the 
Port  of  Milford.' 

He  was  one  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  raised  in  May, 
1704,  to  take  means  for  the  protection  of  New  Haven 
County  in  time  of  war.^ 

In  the  Boston  News  Letter  of  June  19,  1704,  appears  this 
item  : 

"  New  London  June  15 On  Tuesday  Marched  Capt.  Samuel 

Eells  of  Millford  with  100.  men  to  Reinforce,  Major  Whiting  at  N. 
Hampton.  This  is  the  21st.  day  of  the  Enemies  French  and  Indians 
March  from  Canada,  as  we  are  informed."  * 

In  August,  1 7 10,  he  was  selected  as  one  of  the  Commit- 
tee of  War.' 

by  whom  it  was  performed.  On  page  197,  Vol.  3,  Hartford  Land 
Records  is  entered  a  deed,  dated  March  3,  1717-18  whereby  Nathaniel 
Pitkin  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  of  Hartford  conveyed  to  John  Whiting, 
also  of  Hartford,  i  acre  and  43  rods  of  land  in  the  South  Meadow 
presumably  inherited  from  the  Whiting  family. 

'  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  7,  pp.  268,  313,  365,  426, 
484  and  543.     Vol.  8,  pp.  28,  80  and  86. 

2  Ibid.,  Vol.  5,  p.  569.  3  ibid^  Vol.  4,  p.  523. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  5,  p.  437.  ^  Ibid.,  Vol.  4,  p.  462. 

^  From  an  original  in  the  possession  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society. 

'  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  5,  p.  166. 


126  THE  JOHN   EELIvS  FAMILY. 

In  October,  1728  and  May,  1734,  he  was  on  the  Commit- 
tee appointed  to  repair  or  build  the  fort  at  New  London.' 

At  the  October  session,  1727,  the  General  Assembly 
ordered  proclamation  to  be  made  at  New  Haven,  on  the  i8th 
of  that  month,  of  the  accession  to  the  throne  of  George  the 
Second.  The  troops  of  New  Haven  and  Milford  were 
ordered  to  fire  a  salute  on  that  occasion,  and  Major  Samuel 
Eells  was  instructed  to  see  that  the  order  was  properly 
executed.^ 

In  October,  17 18,  a  Commission,  of  which  he  was  a  mem- 
ber, was  appointed  on  behalf  of  Connecticut  to  determine 
the  boundary  line  between  New  York  and  Connecticut  from 
Long  Island  Sound  to  Massachusetts.  The  General  Assem- 
bly took  further  action  on  this  subject  in  May,  1719,  April, 
1720  and  October,  1723,  '24  and  '30.^ 

At  the  May  session,  1705,  he  was  appointed  one  of  the 
Committee  to  regulate  the  settlement  of  the  town  of  New 
Milford,  and  in  May,  1708,  he  was  one  of  the  petitioners 
for  a  grant  from  the  Colony  of  the  lands  in  Newtown." 

In  October,  1737,  the  General  Assembly  ordered  a  sale 
at  New  Haven,  of  the  lands  in  the  town  of  Goshen. 
Samuel  Eells  was  one  of  the  Committee  appointed  to  take 
charge  of  the  sale  and  to  sign  the  necessary  deeds  on  behalf 
of  the  Colony.' 

He  was  an  extensive  dealer  in  real  estate,  owning  lands 
at  Adding  Plain,  Buckingham  Hill,  Grassy  Hill,  Indian 
Side,  Mashes  Hill,  New  Haven  Deers'  Delight,  Old  Field 
Hill,  Two  Bit  Purchase,  the  Point  and  the  whole  of  Mil- 
ford or  Clark's  Island  of  13  acres.  In  "the  List  allowed 
for  ye  year  1712  Maj""  Sam'  Eells"  is  rated  at  ^109.'  By 
referring  to  his  will  on  page  133  it  will  be  seen  that  he  gave 

'  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  7,  pp.  215  and  505. 

^  Ibid.,  Vol.  7,  p.  124. 

^  Ibid.,  Vol.  6,  pp.  71,  126,  170,  422  and  496.     Vol.  7,  p.  296. 

^  Ibid.,  Vol.  4,  p.  517.     Vol.  5,  p.  56.  ^  Ibid.,  Vol.  8,  p.  135. 

*  Milford,  Conn.,  L,and  Records,  Vol.  5,  p.  So. 


COIvONEIy  SAMUEI.  EELIvS.  127 

to  his  son  Nathaniel  his  house  and  home  lot,  containing 
about  two  and  a  quarter  acres,  located  on  the  West  side  of 
Wharf  street.  One  acre  and  a  quarter  with  the  house 
passed  into  the  possession  of  Stephen  Stow,  in  February, 
1754'  and  the  premises  are  still  known  as  the  Stephen 
Stow  place. 

November  6,  1698,  Samuel  Eells,  Jr.,  and  his  wife  were 
admitted  to  membership  in  the  First  Church  of  Milford.^ 
During  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Samuel  Whittlesey  a  number 
of  the  congregation  became  dissatisfied  with  his  theological 
views  and  attempts  were  made  to  form  another  church. 

The  records  of  the  Second  Ecclesiastical  Society  of  Milford 
disclose  the  fact  that  on  January  5,  1740-41,  forty-six  male 
inhabitants  of  that  town  signed  a  document  wherein  they 
declared  themselves  "  to  be  of  the  Presbyterian  profession 
according  to  the  established  religion  of  that  part  of  Great 
Brittain  called  Scotland,"  and  agreed  to  act  together  in 
endeavoring  to  obtain  relief  from  their  religious  troubles. 

Colonel  Samuel  Eells  and  five  others  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  petition  the  New  Haven  County  Court  on 
the  subject.  Three  of  the  forty-six  names  were  those  of 
Samuel  Eells,  Nathaniel  Eells  and  Samuel  Eells,  Junior. 
Action  on  the  petition  was  postponed  until  the  April  term 
of  the  County  Court,  at  which  time  the  Court  authorities 
requested  the  petitioners  not  to  prosecute  their  dissent 
with  the  hope  that  they  might  come  to  an  agreement  with 
Mr.  Whittlesey. 

In  November  of  that  year,  a  similar  petition  was  pre- 
sented to  the  County  Court  which  was  dismissed. 

November  9,  1742,  the  County  Court  granted  the  peti- 
tioners liberty  to  erect  a  meeting  house,  and  the  Sunday 
following  April  14,  1743  (April  17)  Rev.  John  Eells  of 
Canaan  preached  the  first  sermon  in  the  new  meeting 
house. 

1  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  I2>4,  p.  557. 
'^  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  22. 


128  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

In  May  1750,  the  General  Assembly  excused  the  dis- 
senters from  paying  taxes  to  the  First  Society,  and  granted 
them  certain  parish  privileges,  but  they  were  not  fully 
incorporated  until  May,  1760/  This  was  the  origin  of  the 
present  Plymouth  Church  of  Milford. 

There  is  no  record  of  any  of  the  three  marriages  of 
Samuel  Eells.  it  is  surmised  that  his  first  wife  was 
Esther  Oviatt,  and  the  late  Nathan  G.  Pond  in  his 
genealogical  papers  makes  a  positive  statement  to  that 
effect.  If  this  is  correct,  she  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Frances  (  )  Oviatt  of  Milford,  and  was  born  March 
20,  1665.°  As  confirmatory  of  this  is  a  clause  in  Samuel 
Eells' s  will  (see  page  132)  wherein  he  gives  to  his  son 
Samuel  "  all  the  pewter  Dishes  y*  was  his  Mothers  marked 
withT.  O." 

Against  the  record  of  the  admission  to  Church  member- 
ship of  Samuel  Eells,  Jr.,  and  his  wife  appears  this  entry 
"Mrs  Eells  died  April  27,  1700.'" 

The  following  reference  is  made  to  Samuel's  second  wife 
in  his  father's  will,  dated  August  i,  1705  : 

' '  my  daughter  in  Law  Martha  Eells,  wife  of  my  said  son  Samuel 
Eells,  *****  that  she  had  by  her  former  Husband  Capt.  Sam". 
Bryan"  (see  page  117) 

On  the  Milford  records  we  find  : 

"  M"^  Samuel  Bryan  of  milford  and  M''^  Martha  Whiting  Daughter 
of  M''  John  Whiting  of  hartford  were  married  the  25"^  Day  of  Decem- 
ber 1683  by  Major  John  Talcott  assistant  "  •* 

At  that  time  her  father,  Rev.  John  Whiting,  was  Pastor 
of  the  Second  Church  in  Hartford.  Her  mother  was  Sybil 
daughter  of  Deacon  Edward  Collins  of  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

^  Records  of  the  Second  Ecclesiastical  Society  of  Milford,  Conn., 
and  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  9,  p.  517. 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  19. 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  22. 

*  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  40. 


COLONEI/  SAMUEL  EELLS.  129 

In  1846  Rev.  William  Newell,  Pastor  of  the  First  Church 
in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  preached  and  had  printed  a 
sermon  entitled  "Cambridge  Church  Gathering  in  1636." 
Appended  to  this  is  a  record  made  by  the  Rev.  Jonathan 
Mitchell,  then  Pastor  of 

"  The  Church  of  Christ  at  Cambridge,  iu  N.  E,  or  the  Names  of  all 
the  Members  thereof  that  are  in  Full  Communion  :  together  with 
their  children  who  were  either  baptized  in  this  Church,  or  (coming 
from  other  churches)  were  in  their  minority  at  the  parents  joyning  ; 
taken  and  registered  in  the  11.  month,  165S." 

"Mr.  Edward  Collins,  Deacon  of  this  Church,  and  Martha  his 
wife,  both  in  f.  c.  Their  children,  Daniel,  now  living  at  Konnings- 
berg,  in  Prussia,  about  9  yeares  old  when  his  parents  joyned  here  ; 
John,  admitted  into  f .  c.  before  he  went  from  hence,  being  now  minis- 
ter of  God's  word  at  Edinburgh  in  Scotland  ;  Samuel  now  also  living 
in  Scotland  (the  wife  of  Samuel  Collins  admitted  into  f.  c.  May  31, 
1664.  Their  child,  Edward  Collins,  baptized  June,  1664);  Martha. 
Nathaniel.  Abigail,  and  Edward,  borne  and  baptized  here." 

"Mr.  John  Whyting,  now  preacher  of  y«  word  at  Salem,  and 
Sybill,  his  wife  (daughter  to  y*  forenamed  Edward  Collins),  both 
admitted  to  f.  c.  here.  Both  dismissed  to  the  Church  of  Christ  at 
Hartford.  Their  children,  Sybill  and  John  both  baptized  here  ;  Wil- 
liam baptized  fifebruar  19,  1659." 

On  page  47  of  volume  2  of  the  Records  of  the  New  Haven 
County  Court  under  date  of  "  Decenb'"  y^  e*"^:  1700,"  is 
this  entry  : 

"M"  Martha  Bryan  Widdow  y"  :  relict  of  Capt.  Sam"  Bryan  late 
of  Milford  deceased  and  Administratrix  to  his  Estate  appeared  & 
presented  an  accompt  of  Debt  and  Creditt  upon  s'i  Estate  " 

In  volume  3,  page  234  of  the  Land  Records  of  Milford  is 
a  conveyance,  dated  January  14,  1700-01  from  Gidion  Allin 
to  John  Camp  and  recorded  one  week  later.  The  witnesses 
to  this  deed  were  Samuel  Eells  and  Martha  Eells. 

These  facts  prove  that  the  marriage  of  SAMUEL  EELLS 
and  Martha  Bryan,  widow  of  Samuel  Bryan,  took  place 
between  December  6,  1700  and  January  14,  1700-01. 

By  the  courtesy  of  Mrs.   Nathan  G.   Pond  of  Milford, 


130  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMIIvY. 

Connecticut,  we  are  able  to  print  the  following  letter  from 
the  original  in  her  possession.     It  is  addressed  : 

"For 

M"  Martha  Eells 

Living  att 

Milford 

^  M"  Marshall  Q  D  C." 

"Honoured  Grandmother  Boston  Sep' 3  1739 

Madam  When  I  wrote  to  you  last  I  was  in  hopes  to  have  seen  you 
before  this  time,  butt  we  have  been  under  such  Circumstances  in  the 
family  that  they  would  no  ways  allow  of  it,  have  buried  out  of  it  two 
Aged  Relations  the  first  was  my  Aged  Aunt  Powning,  the  other  the 
last  week  my  Aged  Unckle  Salter  both  upwards  of  70  years,  &  now 
the  fall  is  near  Advancing  that  will  not  permitt  butt  hope  if  we  live 
till  next  Spring  if  God  Give  leave  to  See  the  faces  of  Each  other.  I 
am  Sorry  to  hear  of  the  Sudden  &  Awfull  Death  of  my  Kinsman 
Benedict  Bull  &  hope  it  will  be  Awakening  to  us  all  Especially  Young 
ones  for  we  know  not  when  nor  how  soon  we  may  be  taken  out  of 
this  world,  pray  we  may  be  prepared  there  for,  I  hope  this  will  find 
you  &  all  friends  well  as  it  leaves  us  at  present  which  with  my  duty 

to  your  Self  &  my  Gandfather  &  all 

ny  Cousine  " 

The  remainder  of  the  letter  is  torn  off  but  it  is  not 
impossible  to  identify  the  writer.  Samuel  and  Martha 
(Whiting)  Bryan  had  six  children,  all  daughters.  Jerusha 
the  3^oungest  married  after  Sept.  30,  1725'  William  Salter 
of  Boston  and  had  a  daughter  Mary/  who  was  unquestion- 
ably the  writer  of  the  letter. 

Uncle  Salter  was  of  course  a  brother  of  Mary  Salter's 
grandfather  and  Aunt  Powning  was  sister  of  her  grand- 
mother Salter's  second  husband  Daniel  Powning  of  Boston,' 
the  title  '  'Aunt ' '  being  used  simply  as  a  token  of  respect  or 
affection. 

On  page  359  of  volume  10  of  the  Milford  Land  Records 
is  a  deed  dated  March  7,  1740-41  from  Edward  Allen  to 
Joseph  Pritchard.     This  document  was  witnessed  by  Samuel 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  7,  p.  373. 

^  Boston  Record  Commissioners  Reports,  Vol.  24,  p.  178. 

«  Ibid.,  Vol.  28,  p.  102,  and  Suffolk  Probate,  Vol.  32,  p.  165. 


COLONEIv  SAMUEI/  EELIvS.  131 

Eells  and  Martha  Eells  and  bears  the  latest  date  as  yet 
ascertained  at  which  Martha  (Whiting)  Bryan  Hells  is 
known  to  have  been  living. 

November  i6,  1741  Robert  and  Jane  Treat  conveyed  to 
Samuel  Brisco  lands  in  Milford.  This  deed,  entered  on 
page  113  of  volume  10  of  the  Milford  Land  Records,  was 
witnessed  by  Samuel  Eells  and  Rebeckah  Eells,  and  the 
acknowledgment  was  taken  by  Samuel  Eells  as  Justice  of 
the  Peace.  His  third  marriage  must  therefore  have  occurred 
between  March  7,  1740-41  and  November  16,  1741. 

The  widow  REBECKAH  BALDWIN  lived  in  the  Baldwin 
homestead  on  the  East  side  of  Wharf  street,  and  upon  her 
marriage  with  Colonel  Samuel  Eells  simply  crossed  the 
street  to  reside  in  his  house.  This  interesting  fact  has  been 
handed  down  from  her  granddaughter  Freelove  (^Baldwin) 
Stow,  who  as  a  child  lived  with  her  on  the  Baldwin  place. 

She  was  the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Rebecca  {Smitli) 
Wilkinson  and  widow  of  Samuel  Baldwin,  all  of  Milford, 
and  was  born  August  8,  1676.' 

April  30,  1747  Colonel  Samuel  Eells  and  his  wife  Rebec- 
kah, Elizabeth  Smith  and  Ruth  Collins  conveyed  to  Edmund 
Treat  ^  of  two  pieces  of  land  near  Long  Hill  ' '  being  the 
first  Division  of  Land  Laid  on  our  Rebeckah  Wilkinson's 
right  in  the  Common  Land."  ° 

The  date  of  death  of  Rebeckah  ( Wilkinson')  Baldwin 
Eells  is  unknown,  but  as  her  will  dated  March  14,  1750-51 
was  presented  to  the  New  Haven  Probate  Court  October 
16,  1752,  it  must  have  occurred  between  these  dates. 

In  this  will  she  made  bequests  to  her  son  Samuel  Bald- 
win, her  grandson  Samuel  Baldwin,  and  granddaughters 
Mercy  and  Sybil  Baldwin,  her  son  Caleb  Baldwin  and  his 
son  Jared,  son  Thadeus  Baldwin,  and  to  his  so7i  Ann, 
her  son  Peleg  Baldwin  and  his  son  Hiall  Baldwin  and 
Filenah  Baldwin  and  Rebecca  Baldwin,  her  son  Joel  and 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  pp.  26  and 30. 
"^  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  14,  p.  63. 


132  THE  JOHN  EEI.LS   FAMILY. 

his  son  Joel  Baldwin  and  his  daughter  Susanna  Baldwin, 
her  granddaughter  Freelove  Baldwin,  her  grandson  Phineas 
Baldwin,  her  granddaughter,  Catharine  Miles  and  her 
daughter  Rebecca  Baldwin.' 

On  the  Probate  records  in  connection  with  her  will 
appears  this  entry 

"  I  Consent  y*  my  wife  make  her  Will  Sam"  :  Eells." 

The  date  of  Colonel  Samuel  Eells' s  death  is  not  on  record. 

October  28,  1752,  twelve  days  after  the  will  of  his  wife 
Rebecca  was  probated,  he  made  his  will,  which  with  the 
Court  record  is  here  given  in  full  : 

"At  a  Court  of  Probate  Held  at  New  Haven  March  20*.  1753 

Mefs":  Sam":  Eells,  John  Eells  &  Nath":  Eells  Ex":  of  the  laft 
Will  &  Testament  of  y"  Honor*"'  Sam":  Eells  late  of  Milford  Esq^ 
deC^,  exhibited  s'^:  Instrum':  in  this  Court,  the  Witnefses  to  which 
being  sworn  before  Roger  Newton  Esq''.  Afs':  y"  Same  is  accepted  as 
proved  in  Court  &  approved  for  Record. 

s'^.  Ex":  accept  s*^.  Truft. 
In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  the  laft  Will  &  Teftam*.  of  Sam" :  Eells  of 
Milford  in  the  County  of  New  Haven  in  y*'  Colony  of  Connect':  in 
New  England 

I  Sam" :  Eells  af ores'^ :  being  in  Comfortable  Health  &  perfect  mem- 
ory and  Understanding,  not  knowing  how  Short  my  time  may  be  in 
the  world,  I  do  hereby  make  this  my  laft  Will  &  Testam':  in  manner 
&  form  following  firft  I  give  my  Soul  into  the  Hands  of  God  thro: 
Jesus  Chrift  my  Redeem',  and  my  Body  to  a  decent  Burial  according 
to  y"  Discretion  of  my  Ex",  hereafter  named,  &  as  to  y'  worldly 
Estate  I  have,  I  do  hereby  give  &  bequeath  as  followeth. — 

Item.  I  Give  unto  my  Son  Sam" :  Eells  besides  what  I  have  given  be- 
fore, all  y"  Reft  of  my  Land  in  the  Hill  Lott,  so  Called,  and  Barn  Lott, 
so  Called,  &  all  my  Land  below  the  Hill  &  all  my  Swamp  Land  &  my 
Sword  to  him  &  his  Heirs  for  ever,  also  my  Coat  &  Waftcoat  w"":  the 
Silver  Buttons  &  my  silver  Shoe  Buckells  &  gold  Buttons  &  all  the 
pewter  Dishes  y'  was  his  Mothers  marked  with  T.  O. 

Item.  I  Give  to  my  Son.  John  Eells  besides  what  I  have  already  given 
him,  my  Gunn  &  Silver  Watch  &  one  hundred  &  fourty  pounds  old 
Tenor  out  of  my  Estate  :  also  I  give  him  my  Jack  &  Spit  to  him  & 
his  Heirs  for  ever. 

Item.    I  Give  unto  my  Son  Nath":  Eells  besides  what  I  have  already 

^  New  Haven  Probate  Records,  Vol.  8,  p.  186. 


COLONEL  SAMUEL  EELLS.  133 

given  him,  my  Houfe  &  Homelot  where  I  dwell  (upon  Condition  y'  he 
pay  to  my  Son  John  Eells  one  hundred  &  fourty  pounds  old  Tenor) 
and  to  his  Heirs  for  ever  when  my  juft  Debts  are  paid,  the  Reft  of  my 
Estate  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  three  Sons  Sam":  Eells, 
John  Eells,  Nath":  Eells,  &  that  my  Ex'":  receive  &  pay  my  juft 
Debts  :  and  I  do  hereby  appoint  my  three  Sons  Sam":,  John  &  Nath": 
to  be  the  Ex'':  of  this  my  laft  Will  &  Testam*:  In  witnefs  y'  this  is 
my  laft  Will  &  Testam*:  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  &  Seal  in  Mil- 
ford  Ocf:  28"":  1752.  new  Stile 

Signed,  sealed  &  declared  by  y*'  s'^  Sam":  Sam"-"-.  Eei.i^  [Seal] 
Eells  to  be  his  last  Will  &  Testam'. 

In  presence  of 
Peter  Perit 
Peleg  Baldwin 
Peter  Pond'" 

Nothing  further  appears  on  the  Probate  Records  regard- 
ing the  settlement  of  his  estate,  and  it  is  therefore  impossible 
to  determine  what  property  he  owned  at  the  time  of  his 
death  and  the  value  thereof. 

For  a  family  so  prominent  in  town  and  colony,  it  is  to 
be  regretted  that  there  is  nothing  whatever  in  the  burying 
ground  at  Milford  to  mark  their  graves. 

ChiIvDREn  of  Samuel  EE1.1.S. 
By  first  marriage. 

I.  Samuei.,  b.  ;  bap.  Nov.  6,  1698;''  m.        Deborah  Bur- 

welP  and  lived  in  Milford. 

II.  Esther,    "  ;     "     May  7,  1699;'^     Nothing  further  is 

known  concerning  her. 
Evidently  dead  before  the 
date  of  her  grandfather 
Eells's  will. 

'  New  Haven  Probate  Records,  Vol.  8,  p.  253. 

*  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  27. 

^  The  following  entries  appear  on  the  records  of  the  First  Church 
of  Milford. 

Deborah  Burwell,  wife  of  Samuel  Jr.  was  admitted  to  full  com- 
munion April  18,  1697. 

Sarah  and  Deborah,  daughters  of  Deborah  Burwell,  baptized  April 
18,  1697. 

Martha  and  Mary,  twin  daughters  of  Deborah  Burwell,  baptized 
August  28,  1698. 


134  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

By  second  marriage. 
III.  John,  b.         ;  bap.  Apr.  ii,  1703;'  m.  i.  Jan.  11,  1727-8 

Anna  Beard, ^  2.  Abigail 
Comstock^  and  was  Pas- 
tor of  the  Congregational 
Church,  New  Canaan,  Conn. 
6.  IV.  NaThaniEI<,   "  ;     "     July  22,  1705;*  m.  i.  Oct.  29,   1739 

Martha  Stow,*    2.  Feb.  17, 
1742-43,  Allice  White.'' 

Samuel,  son  of  Deborah  Burwell,  wife  of  Samuel  Jr.  baptized  June 
21,  1702. 

On  page  77  of  Volume  4  of  the  New  Haven  Probate  Records  is 
entered  the  will  of  Samuel  Burwell  Jr.  of  Milford,  which  is  dated 
March  19,  1712,  and  was  probated  August  12  following. 

In  it  bequests  are  made  to  his  father wife and  children, 

Samuel,  Deborah  and  Mary. 

On  page  345  of  Volume  4  of  the  same  records  is  the  will  of  Lieu- 
tenant Samuel  Burwell  of  Milford.  This  is  dated  April  29,  1715,  and 
was  probated  May  24  of  the  same  year.  In  it  mention  is  made  of  his  son- 
in-law,  Joshua  Dobdell ;  grandchildren,  Samuel,  Joshua,  Mary,  Eben- 
ezer  and  Susannah  Lobdell ;  Deborah,  Mary  and  Samuel  Burwell  ; 
and  Susannah  Fowler  ;  daughter  Susannah  Fowler  ;  daughter-in-law 
Hannah  Burwell ;  son  John  Burwell  and  son-in-law  John  Fowler. 
In  Volume  8,  page  288  of  the  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records  is  a  con- 
veyance dated  December  24,  1733  from  Samuel  Eells  Jr.,  wife  Deborah 
and  Stephen  Miles  all  of  Milford  to  John  Burwell,  of  a  house  2% 
acres  and  10  rods  of  land  on  the  West  side  of  Town  Street  being  part 
of  the  home  lot  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Burwell  deceased  of  Milford. 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  31. 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  2,  p.  80. 

3  On  page  196  of  Hall's  History  of  Norwalk,  Conn.,  is  printed,  as 
taken  from  the  town  records,  the  marriage  of  Moses  Comstock  and 
Abigail  Brinsmaid  February  23,  1709-10,  also  the  death  of  said  Moses 
January  18,  1766.  In  volume  1764-1767,  pages  197-200  of  the  Fair- 
field, Conn.,  Probate  Records  is  entered  the  will  of  Moses  Comstock 
of  Norwalk.  It  is  dated  January  24,  1754  and  was  probated  February 
II,  1766.  In  it  he  makes  bequests  to  his  wife  Abigail ;  sons  Abijah 
and  Moses ;  and  daughters  Abigail,  Hannah,  Martha,  Sarah  and 
Phebe.  Part  of  the  estate  was  declared  intestate  and  ordered  divided 
among  the  widow  and  children  whose  names  appear  in  the  decree  of 
the  court.     One  of  the  latter  was  "Abigail  Eells  wife  of  John  Eells." 

■*  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  33. 

^  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Cong.  Church  Records. 

*  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  131. 


JOHN    EELIvS.  135 


4. 

John  EELLS  {Samuel  2,  John  i)  was  born  in  Milford, 
Connecticut,  but  the  date  does  not  appear  on  the  town  rec- 
ords. He  was  baptized  June  5,  1670.'  Nothing  whatever  is 
known  in  regard  to  his  boyhood  days.  He  does  not  appear 
to  have  owned  any  real  estate,  nor  is  there  any  clue  as  to 
his  business.  There  is  no  record  at  Milford  of  his  mar- 
riage with  his  wife  FRANCES,  which  probably  took  place 
after  November  II,  1691.^  She  is  believed  to  have  been 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Frances  (  )  OviATT  of  Mil- 

ford, and  therefore  born  November  i,  1669.'  This  idea  is 
strengthened  by  the  fact  of  her  age  "  about  70"  at  her 
death  in  1738. 

March  16,  1697-8,  John  Eells  was  one  of  the  appraisers 
of  the  estate  of  Samuel  Samford,  deceased,  of  Milford,  and 
five  days  later,  acted  in  the  same  capacity  for  the  estate  of 
Edward  Wilkinson  of  that  town.' 

John  Bells  died  a  few  months  thereafter  because 

"  At  a  County  Court  held  at  Newhaven  Novemb'-  14  :  1698. 

An  Inventory  of  y=  estate  of  John  Eells  late  of  Milford  Deceased 
intestate  was  exhibited  in  Court  and  ffrances  Eells  wid"'  &  Relict  of 
s'i  Deceased  haveing  given  oath  to  y"  p>-sentm*  of  s'^  estate  to  y" 
apprizers  who  also  have  given  oath  to  y^  apprism'  y^  s-i  Inventory  is 
approved  for  Record  And  whereas  it  is  reported  &  much  Suspected 
yt  y  s^  estate  will  prove  non-solvent  this  Court  therefore  order  that 
there  be  a  year  allowed  for  y^  Creditors  to  make  their  demand  upon 
y«  s"!  estate  and  also  that  there  be  made  some  publick  informan  of  y^ 
insolvency  of  y"  sd  estate  in  y"  town  of  newhav"  &  milford."  ^ 

In  volume  2,  pages  224  and  225  of  the  Probate  Records 
for  the  District  of  New  Haven  is  recorded 

1  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  11. 

2  New  Haven  County  Court  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  194- 

3  Milford,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  22. 

*  New  Haven  Probate  Records,  Vol.  2,  p.  202. 

*  New  Haven  County  Court  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  267. 


136  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

"An  Inventory  of  y"  eftate  of  John  Eells  late  of  Milford  Deceaf"* 
taken  and  apprised  this  14"^  day  of  November  1698  by  us  underwritten 

/•      s.      d 
I  coat  20'/  I  veft  &  breeches  23'/  one  fhirt  10'  02  :  13  :  06 

I  pr  stockings  3V  6''.  one  fword  14"  00  :  17  :  06 

I  gun  barrel!  and  lock  12^  i  grofs  &  y^  puter  buttens  9^  01  :  01  :  00 
I  old  bed  and  bolfter  00  :  08  :  00 

3  pillows  15'.  I  coverlid  I6^  i  pr  of  Coverlid  2'  :  6'^  01  :  13  :  06 

I  pr  of  Curtains  &  vallans  40^  i  old  bed  &  2  blankets  21^-03  :  01  :  00 
I  pr  sheets  i6^  i  pr  ditto  2o\  6  napkins  &  a  table  cloth  1 1'-02  :  07  :  00 
3  towells  &  one  pillow  bear  5':  6'^  one  napkin  and  table 

cloth  00  :  07  :  06 

22"  :  %  of  pewter  at  2^:  6'^.  02  :  17  :  00 

I  platter  3':  6'^.  i  tankard  8^  i  old  tankard  3':  6"^  00  :  15  :  00 

I  pewter  bason  8'.  i  ditto  5'.  2  ditto  4\  00  :  17  :  00 

I  q*  pot  4".  I  fait  feller  3'.  2  porringers  2'.  2  ditto  18"^  00  :  10  :  06 

I  old  fait  feller  &  Saucer  16'^.  2  cups  3\  00  :  04  :  04 

I  candle  ftick  &  porring"'  2^/  1  champer  pot'  6  00  :  08  :  00 

I  old  tinn  lamp  &  candleftick  &  puddin  pan  00  :  03  :  00 

I  brafs  fkillet  10'/  i  warming  pan  i4\  01  :  04  :  00 

I  old  brafs  kettle  3".  i  old  Sword  and  belt  "9  03  :  09  :  00 

I  fryan  pan  8',  i  looking  glafs  &  comb  3^  00  :  11  :  00 

13  trenchers  12'*.  i  piggin  iS*!.  2  trayes  2^  00  :  04  :  06 

I  earthen  platter  2\  2  ditto  4^  i  cheft  4'.  one  box  18'^  00  :  11  :  06 
I  tray  &  Sive  2^  i  cradle  10'.  00  :  12  :  00 

I  wheel  6'.  i  pr  of  combs  15'  01  :  01  :  00 

I  cheft  8^  one  table  II^  i  gr'  chaire  6'  oj  :  05  :  00 

I  chair  3=:  6''.  one  little  one  18'*  00  :  05  :  00 

I  pr  of  billows  2':  6''.  one  hatt  2^/  2  cowes  7"  :  5"  07  :  09  :  06 

5  glass  bottles  4\  i  pigg  2\  i  ax  :  4'.  2  books  3':  6'*  00  :  13  :  06 

, ,   ,  35  :  09  :  04 

added 

No  :  15  8"  of  tow  0:2:8 

3  pound  of  linnen  yarn  0:7:6 

3^^"  of  flax  0:3:6  Timothy  Baldwin 

I  bible  0:6:0  Milles  Merwin 

Nov*":  15"^.  1698  then  appeared  before  me  the  Subfcriber  frances 
Eells  the  widow  and  Relict  of  the  Deceafed  and  gave  oath  that  she 
had  given  in  the  whole  of  her  late  husband's  eftate  to  y"  apprisers 
above  s"*  that  she  knew  of  or  remembred  and  that  if  any  more  come 
to  her  knowledge  She  will  give  it  in  to  the  apprifers  to  be  apprised 
taken  before  me  Thomas  Clarke  Justice 

Novemb^  y«  15.  1698  Timothy  Baldwin  and  Miles  Merwin  personally 


JOHN  EELI.S.  137 

appeared  before  me  the  Subfcriber  and  gave  oath  that  they  have  Set 
a  due  valuation  and  apprifem'  on  the  eftate  mentioned  in  y°  within 
written  Inventory  according  to  their  beft  judgm* 

Sworn  before  me  Thomas  Clarke  Juftis 
Children  Eliz"''  :  Eells  abo'  5  y"  old.     francis  4^"  :  anna  2  y"  old  : 
and  y"  wid  :  w"'  child." 

Frances  Eells  was  admitted  to  membership  in  the  First 
Church  of  Milford,  October  8,  1699,  and  the  same  day  her 
three  children,  Elizabeth,  Frances  and  Anna  were  baptized.' 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  held  December  25,  1699,  it 
was  voted  that  "  widdow  flfrances  Eells  Shall  haue  her  rate 
giuen  her  that  was  due  to  the  town  y*^  year  past."' 

On  Suffolk  Deeds  are  entered  two  documents,  one  from 
Nathaniel  Hobart  of  Hinghani,  Massachusetts,  dated  Octo- 
ber II,  1706,  the  other  from  Stephen  Lazell  also  of  Hingham 
dated  January  10,  1706-7,  both  of  which  were  witnessed 
by  Frances  Eells.' 

On  the  Plymouth  County  Deeds  is  a  sale  February  13, 
1706-7  from  Joseph  Henchman  to  Rev.  Nathaniel  Eells 
and  another  to  him  from  Caleb  Torrey,  March  15,  172 1-2.* 
These  two  deeds  were  also  witnessed  by  Frances  Eells. 

From  these  facts  it  is  inferred  that  after  the  death  of  her 
husband,  she  removed  to  Hingham  and  later  to  Scituate, 
Massachusetts. 

On  the  record  of  deaths  kept  by  Rev.  Ebenezer  Gay, 
D.D.,  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Hingham,  is  this  entry: 

"  1738  Nov.  2  widow  Eells  about  70." 

The  two  married  daughters  of  John  and  Frances  Eells 
resided  in  Hingham,  and  the  probabilities  are  that  after 
their  marriages,  widow  Frances  Eells  returned  to  Hing- 
ham and  died  there  at  the  time  mentioned  in  the  Church 
record,  especially  as  she  was  the  only  "  Widow  Eells"  to 
whom  this  record  could  refer. 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  pp.  22  and  29. 

^  Milford,  Conn.,  Town  Votes,  Vol.  i,  p.  13. 

^  Suffolk  Deeds,  Vol.  23,  folios  71  and  83. 

*  Plymouth  County  Deeds,  Vol.  7,  p.  154  and  Vol.  20,  p.  14. 


138 


THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 


In  volume  2,  page  240,  of  the  History  of  Hingham,  this 
date  of  death  is  given  as  referring  to  Sarah,  the  second 
wife  of  Major  Samuel  Eells.  This  is  impossible  because  it 
has  been  shown  that  she  died  at  Scituate  in  February  1717. 


Children  of  John  and  Frances  (Oviatt)  Eells. 

I.      Elizabeth,  b.  1693;  bap.  Oct.  8,  1699;^  m.   Dec.   27,    1710,   John 

Stowell  of   Hingham.- 

n.     Frances,       "    1694;     "     Oct.  8,  1699;       "  Frances  Eells  dau  of 

John  and  Frances"  was 
admitted  to  full  com- 
munion August  7,  1715 
in  the  church  at  South 
Scituate,  Mass.,  of 
which  her  uncle  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Eells  was 
the  pastor.^ 

"  Frances  Eells 
Daughter  of  Jn"  Eells 
Late  of  Milford  Died 
November  14th:  lyiS"-* 
"    1696;     "     Oct.  8,  1699;   "  Nov.  25,  1714,  Thomas 

Wilder  of  Hingham.^ 


III.  Anna. 


5. 

Nathaniel  Eells  {Samuel  2,  Jolm  i)  was  born  in  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  November  26,  1677,'  and  was  baptized 
December  30'  following.  His  father  removed  to  Massachu- 
setts when  Nathaniel  was  eleven  years  old,  and  the  lad  is 
supposed  to  have  accompanied  him. 

'  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i.  p.  29. 

*  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  i,  p.  20. 
^  South  Scituate,  Mass.,  Church  Records,  Vol.  2. 

*  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  4,  p.  8. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  part  i,  p.  22. 

^  Milford,  Conn,,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  32. 
'  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  13. 


REV.   NATHANIEL   EELLS.  139 

Nathaniel  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1699. 
Among  his  classmates  were  John  Bulkley  and  Stephen  Hos- 
mer,  subsequently  Pastors  of  the  churches  in  Colchester  and 
East  Haddam,  Connecticut,  Jeremiah  Dummer,  afterwards 
Agent  of  the  Massachusetts  Colony  in  London,  Edmund 
Quincy,  who  became  a  Judge  of  the  Massachusetts  Supreme 
Court,  and  Jonathan  Belcher,  later  appointed  Governor  of 
Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  New  Jersey. 

The  following  votes  appear  on  the  records  of  the  Second 
Church  of  Scituate  now  the  First  Church  of  Norwell,  Ply- 
mouth County,  Massachusetts. 

"  At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society  upon  the  north  River  in 
Sittuate  January  the  12"'  1702/3 

The  day  Abovesavd  the  Church  and  Society  made  Choice  of  Captain 
Stetson,  Deacon  King,  M^  John  Cushing,  Joseph  Turner,  Job  Randall, 
John  Bryant,  peter  Collamer,  Israeli  Hobart  and  James  Torrey  to  be 
their  agents  to  discourse  with  Lydia  Barrell  concerning  entertammg 
Mr  Eells  and  also  to  discourse  with  the  Sayd  Mr  Eells  concernmg  his 
Settling  with  us  in  the  work  of  the  ministry  :  and  to  make  proposalls 
to  him  as  may  be  Suitable  for  his  Support  and  maintenance  for  the 
future  in  case  he  Se  reason  to  Settle  with  us  :  " 
"  18  day  of  July  1703. 
The  day  abovesayd  the  Society  voted  that  the  agents  Choson  Janu- 
ary the  12"'  1702/3  :  Apply  themselves  to  Mr  Eells  at  his  Return  to 
Hingham  Concerning  his  Settlement  in  the  work  of  the  ministery  with 

them." 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society  on  the  north  River  m 
Scittuate  August  the  iS*''  1703  A  vote  past  to  give  Mr  Eells  five 
pounds  more  than  formerly  proffered  makeing  it  Sixty  and  five 
pounds  in  money  :  and  his  fire  wood." 

"  Scittuate  August  the  18"^  1703 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Society  upon  the  north  River  in 
Sittuate  the  sayd  Church  and  Society  Agreed  to  Call  M--  Nathanaell 
Eells  to  settle  with  them  in  the  work  of  the  ministery,  and  that  the 
Agents  formerly  chosen  Should  wait  upon  the  Sayd  M'  Eells  and 
acquaint  him  with  their  Sayd  vote.  And  in  their  behalfe  treat  with 
him  Concerning  his  settlement  and  Propose  to  him  what  they  have 
Agreed  to  give  him  for  his  Support  and  maintainance  (viz)  Sixty  five 
pound  in  money  and  his  fire  wood  Annually ;  in  Case  he  Se  Reason 
to  Settle  with  them." 


140  THE  JOHN   EELIvS   FAMILY. 

"  At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  &  Society  on  the  north  River  in 
Scittuate  march  the  2'^  1703/4  the  Church  and  Society  Impowered  and 
Ordered  William  Perrey  to  Repaire  the  fence  about  the  garden  belong- 
ing to  the  parsonage  &  to  make  new  what  is  wanting  to  enclose  sayd 
garden  well  &  Substautiall  to  the  Satisfaction  of  M'  Eells  &  to  bringe 
in  his  account  of  the  Charge  to  the  Sayd  Society.  The  day  Above- 
sayd  The  Church  &  Society  Impowered  &  ordered  Hatherly  Foster  to 
Repaire  the  parsonage  house  &  to  do  what  is  necessary  to  be  done  to 
the  Sayd  house  to  make  it  tenentable  &  convienient  for  M'  Eells  to 
dwell  in  :  &  bring  in  the  Account  of  the  Charg"  to  the  Society.  At  a 
meeting  of  the  Church  Aprill  the  5"'  1704 — The  Church  upon  the 
north  River  in  Scittuate  voted  that  Mr  Nathanaell  Eells  Should  be 
their  pastor  &  settle  with  them  in  the  worke  of  the  ministery." 

"On  the  23'^  day  of  Aprill  1704  the  Societ}-  on  the  north  River  in 
Scittuate  voted  unanimously  concuring  with  the  vote  of  the  Church 
aforesayd  : ' ' 

"On  the  14*'^  day  of  June  1704  Mr  Nathanaell  Eells  was  ordained 
pastor  of  y*  Church  aforesayd. ' ' 

The  following  receipt  is  interesting  as  indicating  the 
time  when  he  began  to  preach  in  Scituate  : 

' '  Scittuate,  January  the  first 

Seaventeen  Hundred  five  or  Six. 

Received  of  Deacon   James  Torrey  all  that  was   due  to  mee   for 

preaching  here,  from  the  twenty  ninth  of  September  one  thousand 

Seven  Hundred  and  three  till  the  twenty  ninth  of  September  1704. 

I  Say  Received  by  me 

Nathanall  Eells." 

From  an  examination  of  the  Society  votes,  it  would 
appear  that  the  amount  of  his  salary  varied  greatly  at  dif- 
ferent dates,  owing  probably  to  the  depreciation  of  the 
currency. 

Beginning  with  £'jo  in  1704,  it  increased  to  £()o  in  171 1, 
^iio  in  1720  and  ^130  in  1730.  Two  years  later  it  rose 
to  ^^150  and  in  1735  to  £1^0.  In  1740  it  was  fixed  at  ;^200, 
dropping  to  ^70  in  1742  and  increasing  again  to  ^100  in 
1747,  and  the  next  year  to  ^130. 

Four  of  his  sermons  were  printed,  of  which  three  were 
preached  at  the  ordinations  of  Thomas  Clap  at  Taunton, 
Massachusetts,  February  21,  1728-9,  of  his  son  Nathaniel 


REV.   NATHANIEI.   EELLS.  141 

Eells  at  Stonington,  Connecticut,  June  14,  1733,  and  of 
his  son  Edward  Eells  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1738.  The  fourth  was  an  Election  sermon  preached 
before  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  May  25,  1743. 

A  copy  of  each  Ordination  sermon  is  preserved  in  the 
library  of  the  Connecticut  Historical  Society,  and  in  the 
library  of  Yale  University  is  found  the  Election  sermon. 

In  1745  he  wrote 

"A  Letter  to  the  Second  Church  and  Congregation  in  Scituate. 
Shewing  some  Reasons  why  he  doth  not  invite  the  Rev.  Mr.  George 
Whitefield  into  his  Pulpit.  To  which  is  added,  A  Postscript,  contain- 
ing an  Answer  to  the  Reasons  given  by  a  Number  of  Ministers 
Conven'd  at  Taunton  in  the  County  of  Bristol,  for  their  inviting  of 
him  into  their  Pulpit." 

The  letter  begins 

"  Dearly  beloved  in  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  You  have 
been  the  People  of  my  pastoral  Care  and  Charge  for  the  space  of  forty 
Years  and  ten  Months." 

It  is  dated  April  15,  1745  and  is  signed  "your  faithful 
and  affectionate  Pastor  N.  Eells." 

A  copy  of  this  is  also  preserved  in  the  library  of  Yale 
University. 

The  following  sketch  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Eells  is  taken 
from  pages  198-200  of  the  History  of  Scituate  written  by 
Samuel  Deane  and  printed  in  1831  : 

"There  are  a  few  aged  people  now  living  who  remember  him. 
They  describe  his  person  to  have  been  of  a  stature  rather  above 
mediocrity,  of  broad  chest  and  muscular  proportions,  remarkably 
erect,  somewhat  corpulent  in  his  late  years,  of  dark  complexion,  with 
large  black  eyes  and  brows,  and  of  general  manners  rather  dignified 
and  commanding  than  sprightly  and  pleasing.  He  had  an  influence 
and  authority  amongst  his  people  that  none  of  his  successors  have 
exercised,  and  which  may  have  been  in  some  measure  a  peculiarity 
of  earlier  times  than  these.  The  controversy  with  which  his  prede- 
cessors had  been  agitated  had  ceased.  The  Quakers,  by  not  being 
persecuted  here,  had  become  quiescent.  Whitefield's  New  light,  and 
his  spirit  of  denunciation  had  been  kept  out  of  his  society,  by  the 
determined  stand  which  he  took  against  him  ;  and  the  times  were 


142  THE  JOHN   EElvLS   FAMILY. 

prosperous  and  happy.  His  people  were  delighted  to  see  him  at  their 
doors,  as  he  rode  up  on  horseback  to  inquire  after  their  health,  and 
to  hand  his  pipe  to  be  lighted.  We  mean  no  satire  by  recording  this 
trifle ;  for  he  was  a  venerable  man,  and  so  beloved,  that  every  par- 
ishioner would  take  pleasure  in  performing  such  an  office  for  him. 
He  was  also  a  leader  amongst  the  neighboring  clergy — well  acquainted 
with  the  constitution  and  usages  of  the  Churches,  weighty  in  counsel, 
and  often  called  to  distant  parts  of  the  State,  and  to  other  States  on 
Ecclesiastical  Councils.  As  a  preacher,  there  is  reason  to  believe  that 
he  did  not  so  much  excel  as  in  his  dignity  of  character  and  soundness 
of  understanding.  We  have  seen  a  volume  in  manuscript  of  nearly 
an  hundred  sermons,  which  he  used  to  carry  with  him  when  he  trav- 
elled abroad.  They  embrace  a  considerable  variety  of  subjects,  and 
enabled  him  to  preach  at  any  time  and  on  any  occasion.  They  begin 
with  his  own  ordination  sermon,  which  he  himself  preached,  accord- 
ing to  ancient  custom,  and  include  the  sermons  which  he  composed 
during  the  few  first  years  of  his  ministry. 

Were  we  to  judge  of  his  talents  from  these  alone,  we  should  not  do 
him  justice.  There  are  a  few  discourses  in  print  which  are  very 
respectable  productions,  and  in  particular  those  delivered  at  the  ordi- 
nations of  his  two  sons.  He  preached  the  Election  sermon  in  1743 
(Dent,  xxxii.  47.)  His  sentiments  were  the  moderate  Calvinism  of 
that  day  :  we  have  seen  one  sermon  on  the  doctrine  of  election,  which 
had  many  explanations,  closely  bordering  on  Arminianism. 

In  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  continued  to  speak  of  Arminian  free 
will  as  an  error,  but  with  no  asperity.  Mr.  Lemuel  Bryant  of  Quincy, 
who  had  gone  somewhat  before  the  age  in  liberal  speculations, 
preached  for  him  on  a  certain  day,  and  delivered  a  sermon  which  he 
afterwards  printed,  (on  the  text,  '  all  our  righteousnesses  are  filthy 
rags,')  and  explained  the  text  in  the  manner  which  would  now  be 
generally  acceptable,  showing  that  the  formalities  of  a  corrupt  gener- 
ation of  the  Jews  were  therein  described,  and  not  the  moral  virtues  of 
true  worshippers,  which  led  Mr.  Eells  to  say,  '  Alas  !  Sir,  you  have 
undone  to-day,  all  that  I  have  been  doing  for  forty  years,'  and  Bryant 
with  his  accustomed  wit  and  courtesy  replied,  '  Sir,  you  do  me  too 
much  honor  in  saying,  that  I  could  undo  in  one  sermon,  the  labours 
of  your  long  and  useful  life.'  An  aged  and  highly  intelligent  gentle- 
man who  related  this  anecdote  to  us  twenty  years  since,  also  remarked 
that  Mr.  Eells  preached  a  series  of  sermons  afterward,  with  a  view  to 
correct  Mr.  Bryant's  errors,  but  it  was  not  easy,  remarked  the  same 
gentleman,  to  discern  much  difference  between  his  doctrine  and  that 
of  Mr.  Bryant.  On  the  whole,  we  believe  there  has  rarely  been  known 
a  ministry  of  forty-six  years,  which  so  many  circumstances  conspired 


REV.   NATHANIEL   EELLS.  143 

to  render  successful  and  happy.  There  are  a  few  now  Hviug  that 
remember  the  solemn  day  of  fasting  and  prayer,  kept  by  his  people, 
on  account  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Eel  Is  prepared  his  own  sons  and  several  other  young  men  for 
College,  and  also  for  the  ministry  :  amongst  whom  we  can  name 
President  Clap  of  Yale  College,  Rev.  David  Turner  of  Rehoboth,  and 
Rev.  Thomas  Clap  of  Taunton,  afterwards  Judge  Clap. 

There  is  no  man  of  eminence,  but  who  suffers  detraction  for  the 
very  reason  that  he  is  eminent.  Thus  it  has  often  been  told  as  a  satire 
upon  Mr.  Eells,  that  in  his  simplicity,  he  one  day  directed  his  scholars 
to  dig  for  a  thunderbolt  at  the  foot  of  a  tree,  where  the  lightning  had 
made  an  excavation.  We  have  no  great  confidence  in  the  truth  of  the 
story  :  but  if  it  were  true,  it  was  but  a  specimen  of  the  general  ignor- 
ance at  that  time,  in  a  certain  branch  of  philosophy,  for  it  was  before 
Franklin  had  made  his  discoveries  in  Electricity. 

We  have  no  doubt  that  Mr.  Eells  had  disciplined  himself  into  an 
extraordinary  self  command.  His  less  placid  partner  (whose  name 
had  been  North)  did  not  so  well  endure  the  disagreeable  events  of  life, 
and  when  chafed  with  family  vexations,  she  would  say,  '  It  is  won- 
derful that  so  good  a  man  as  my  husband  should  have  such  wayward 
children.'  He  would  pleasantly  reply,  'True,  and  you  seem  to  be 
sensible  that  the  mischief  lies  in  the  North  side  of  the  family.'  " 

By  the  will  of  his  father,  Nathaniel  received  "  three 
duzen  of  Silver  Coat  Butons,  and  all  my  largest  sort  of 
Jackcoat  silver  Buttons,  and  my  clock,  and  my  Cloth  Cloak 
and  my  gun,  &  my  Silver  headed  Cane." 

Another  clause  of  the  will  reads  "  I  giue  vnto  my  Son 
Nathanael  Eells  of  Scituate  and  my  daughter  Hannah  his 
wife  one  hundred  pounds  in  money,  or  goods  at  money 
price,  at  the  Death  of  my  now  wife,  or  at  her  Day  of 
Marriage  againe,  which  shall  first  Happen."      (See  page 

117.) 

Samuel  Couch  of  Milford  in  his  will  dated  June  1693, 
after  providing  for  his  wife  Mary,  gave  to  his  daughter 
Elizabeth  Couch  of  St.  Mary  Ottery,  Devonshire,  England, 
his  homelot  also  "my  Island"  called  Milford  Island  or 
Clark's  Island  in  ye  harbor  of  Milford,  containing  twelve 
acres,  together  with  his  personal  property.  But  if  she 
come  not  over  within  seven  years,  then  to   "  Nath'^   Eeles 


144  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS  FAMILY. 

son  of  Capt  Samuell  Eeles  now  living  in  Hingham  in  New 
England." ' 

July  i6,  1706,  Nathaniel  Eells  then  of  Scituate  purchased 
of  said  Elizabeth  Couch  her  interest  in  these  two  pieces  of 
real  estate  which  he  sold  to  his  brother  Samuel  of  Milford, 
October  3,  1707.^ 

February  13,  1706-7  Mr.  Eells  purchased  of  Joseph 
Henchman  of  Scituate  for  jCi6s  "  current  silver  money  of 
New  England,"  a  dwelling  house  and  outbuildings  with 
sixteen  acres  at  or  near  "Hoop  pole  Hill"  in  Scituate, 
bounded  North  by  land  of  Elisha  Turner  deceased,  East 
by  land  of  John  Barstow,  South  by  the  highway  leading 
to  Hoop  pole  Hill,  and  West  by  land  of  Joseph  Gushing 
and  the  way  leading  thereto,  also  twenty-one  acres  on  the 
South  side  of  the  highway  opposite  the  piece  just  described, 
together  with  all  his  right  in  the  common  and  undivided 
lands  of  Scituate.  The  witnesses  to  the  deed  were  Frances 
Eells  and  Elizabeth  Eells.' 

March  26,  17 13,  is  a  conveyance  to  him  from  John 
Barstow  and  wife  Eydia,  of  a  house  and  twenty  acres 
adjoining  "land  or  tenement  "  of  grantee,  on  the  East.'' 

February  22,  1 715-16,  he  bought  of  Zebulon  Silvester 
and  wife  Mary,  twelve  and  a  half  acres  of  the  Turner 
property  which  bounded  his  first  purchase  on  the  North, 
and  March  3  following,  he  purchased  of  Joshua  Turner 
two  and  a  half  acres,  the  remainder  of  said  Turner  pro- 
perty." Caleb  Torrey  sold  him  one  acre  adjoining  his 
former  purchases  March  15,  1721-2,  Frances  Eells  being 
one  of  the  witnesses.' 

December  30,  1726,  he  bought  of  John  Staniford  of 
Boston  a  piece  of  land  seventy  feet  wide  on  Eyndes  street 


*  New  Haven  Probate  Records,  Vol.  2,  p.  218. 

*  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  4,  pp.  48  and  50. 
^  Plymouth  County  Deeds,  Vol.  7,  p.  154. 

*Ibid.,  Vol.  9,  p.  416.  ^  Ibid.,  Vol.  12,  leaf  20. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  20,  p.  14. 


REV.   NATHANIEL  EELLS.  145 

in  that  town,  and  January  i  following,  he  mortgaged  this 
property  back  to  Staniford  for  ;i^i65.'  This  land  was 
owned  by  his  descendants  until  January  1788." 

"M"^  Nathaniel  Eells  of  Sittuate  was  married  to  Mr^  Hannah 
NORTH  of  Hingham  on  the  12*^  day  of  October  1704  by  mai'  Samuel 
Eels  Justis  of  the  peace."  ^ 

On  leaf  161,  volume  40  of  Suffolk  Deeds  is  the  record  of 
a  conveyance  dated  November  6,  1723,  from  Nathaniel 
Eells  of  Scituate  and  his  wife  Hannah  to  George  Bratohall 
of  Hingham,  of  "  all  that  Our  house  and  land  which  said 
Bramhall  sold  to  Our  honoured  Mother  Sarah  Eells  late  of 
Scituate  Deced."      (See  page  119.) 

From  the  first  settlement  of  Massachusetts  the  law 
required  that  when  a  man  sold  his  own  real  estate,  his  wife 
should  sign  the  deed  as  releasing  her  right  of  dower  therein. 

In  this  case  the  wording  of  the  deed  plainly  shows  that 
Hannah  Hells  was  one  of  the  owners  of  the  property, 
thereby  confirming  the  family  tradition  that  Nathaniel 
married  his  step-sister  Hannah,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Sarah  (^Batemmi)  North  of  Boston.     (See  page  109.) 

On  the  Boston  Town  Records  is  an  entry,  giving  the 
births  of  Paul  and  Sarah  twin  children  of  Edward  and 
Sarah  North,  August  14,  1677.''  The  birth  of  Hannah 
North  does  not  appear  on  these  records,  but  from  her  age 
at  death  as  given  on  her  gravestone  it  must  have  occurred 
about  1679.  The  Bateman  family  belonged  to  the  First 
Church  in  Boston  and  on  the  records  of  that  church  are 
entered  the  baptisms  of  the  Bateman  children.  Presum- 
ably Mrs.  Sarah  (Bateman)  North  also  attended  the  First 
Church,  but  with  the  exception  of  a  few  entries  relating  to 
that  period,  and  made  at  a  much  later  date,  there  is  a  gap 
in  the  records  from  December  10,  1676  to  June  7,   1687. 

^  Suffolk  Deeds,  Vol.  147,  p.  22  and  Vol.  41,  leaf  i. 

2  Ibid.,  Vol.  162,  leaf  49. 

*  Hingham,  Mass.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  130. 

^  Boston  Record  Commissioners  Reports,  Vol.  9,  p.  142. 


146  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

This  accounts  for  the  absence  of  the  baptismal  records  of 
the  North  children. 

As  stated  on  page  119  Nathaniel  Eells  "Clerk"  and 
Hannah  his  wife  qualified  January  23,  17 18-19  as  adminis- 
trators on  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Eells  of  Scituate 
deceased. 

The  administrators  bond  is  on  file  at  the  Plymouth 
County  Probate  Court  and  bears  their  signatures. 

■ft-. 


^^^Q(^c^^'&^ 


On  the  records  of  the  South  Scituate  Society  are  the 
following  entries. 

"  The  Rev''  M'.  Nath".  Eells  Departed  this  life  August  y«  "2^^^  1750 
in  the  47"^  Year  of  his  Ministry  and  73''  Year  of  his  Age. 

At  a  Meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  South  Precinct  in  Scituate 
on  the  11^''  Day  of  October  A.  D.  1750.  Judge  Gushing  was  chosen 
Moderator 

The  Precinct  Took  an  Ace'  of  their  Creditors  and  Allowed  as  follows 

in  Lawfull  Money  viz For  the  Defraying  the  Charge  of  Preach- 

£,     s     d 
ing  the  Gospel  among  them  the  Ensuing  Year  70-00-00 

For  the  Defraying  the  Charge  of  the  Revd  Mr  Eells's  funeral  20-02-1 1 

Also  voted  that  Mr  Joshua  Jacob  Shall  Procure  Grave  Stones  for 
the  Rev'i  Mr  Eells's  Grave  at  the  Precinct  Charg 

Also  chose  M^  Joshua  Jacob  and  Joseph  Gushing  Jun"^  to  make  up 
Accounts  with  The  Rev^.  M^  Eells  Executrix  relating  to  his  Salary 
and  that  they  shall  Account  with  Her  for  the  Salary  to  the  29"'.  Day 
of  September  last. 

Also  the  South  Precinct  in  Scituate  at  the  Aforesd  Meeting  on  y« 
11'''  Day  of  Oct".  1750  Chose  the  Hon''l^  John  Gushing  Esq^  M'. 
Joshua  Jacob  M'.  Charles  Turner  M^  Sam".  Stockbridge  Dea°  Joseph 
Jacob  and  Joseph  Gushing  Junr  A  Committee  to  manage  their  Pruden- 
tial Affairs  relating  to  their  Galling  and  Settling  a  Minister  among 
them. — 


REV.    NATHANIEL  EELLS.  147 

Also  Voted  to  Observe  a  Day  of  fasting  and  Prayer  to  Humble 
themselves  under  the  Rebukes  of  Gods  Providence  in  the  Removal  of 
their  Rev''  and  Dear  Pastor  M^  Nathaniel  Eells  by  Death  and  to 
I/Ook  to  God  for  His  Blessing  &  Direction  in  their  Endeavours  for 
the  Resetlement  of  a  Gospel  Minister  Among  them  the  Day  to  be 
Appointed  by  the  Abovesd  Committee  and  also  the  ministers  that  are 
to  Preach  on  S''  Day. 

Allowed to  M"  Eells  2S  8d  Lawful  Money  for 

Keeping  the  Ministers  Saturday  Nights  &  Sabbath  Day  Nights  every 
Week  Since  the  Rev^.  M''  Eells  Death  and  that  the  Treasr  Pay  Her  the 
Same. 

Also  Voted  that  M".  Eells  Widow  of  the  Rev*.  M^  Nath".  Eells 
Deceased  Shall  Account  with  the  Tenant  that  Hired  the  Parsonage 
House  and  Land  till  the  first  Day  of  April  next  and  Receive  the  full 
Rent  to  that  Time." 

Nathaniel  Eells  made  his  will  May  27,  1732,  which  was 
presented  to  the  Plymouth  County  Probate  Court  Septem- 
ber 12,  1750,  and  is  recorded  in  volume  11,  page  527,  as 
follows  : 

' '  In  the  Name  of  God  amen  I  nathaniel  Eells  of  Scituate  in  the 
County  of  Plimouth  in  new  England  Clerk  being  under  Infirmity  of 
body  but  of  Sound  mind  &  memory  Doe  make  this  my  Last  will  and 
Testament,  First  I  recomend  my  Soul  to  God  that  gave  it  and  my  body 
to  the  Earth  to  decent  Burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  Exec"^.  hereafter 
Named  In  hope  of  a  Glorious  Resurrection,  and  Touching  and  Con- 
cerning Such  worldly  Goods  &  Estates  as  it  hath  Plesed  God  bestow 
on  me  in  this  Life  I  Giue  deuise  and  dispose  of  the  Same  in  manner 
&  forme  following  that  is  to  say — 

I  giue  and  Bequeath  unto  Hannah  my  well  beloved  wife  the  Whole 
of  all  my  Personal  &  mouable  Estate  my  Books  Debts  due  Some 
excepted  to  be  at  her  own  dispose  for  Euer — 

I  giue  to  my  Said  wife  the  use  and  Improuement  of  all  my  real 
Estate  Except  what  Shall  be  Sold  for  payment  of  my  debts  for  During 
The  time  She  Shall  Remain  my  widdo  to  be  for  her  own  Seupport  & 
the  bringing  up  my  Children  Sons  to  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years 
Daughters  to  the  age  of  Eighteen  these  bequests  I  make  in  full  for 
her  dowery  and  what  She  Can  demand  out  of  my  Estate 

I  Doe  hereby  Impower  my  s''.  wife  to  make  Sale  of  any  Part  Of  my 
Lands  and  real  Estate  for  the  payment  of  my  Just  debts  to  Giue  and 
Execute  Good  authentic  Deed  or  Deeds  for  the  Same  the  Debts  due 
to  me  being  first  apply'd  To  that  use  and  I  doe  also  Impower  her  to 


148  THE  JOHN   EEI.LS  FAMIIvY. 

Sell  Lands  for  bringing  up  my  Son  North  to  the  Colledge  If  the 
ProiBts  of  my  Estate  is  not  Sufficient  as  afores'^  :  I  giue  and  Bequeath 
unto  my  Children  Samuel  Eells  John  Eells  and  Sarah  Turner  Marj" 
Eells  Anna  Lenthall  Eells  viz  To  Each  of  them  a  Large  Bible  of  the 
Largest  Sort  usuel  in  this  Country  to  be  Paid  and  Delivered  to  Each 
of  them  by  my  Sons  Nath".  &  Edward — 

I  Giue  and  Bequereath  unto  my  Sons  nath".  &  Edward  Eells  all  m}' 
Books  Of  all  Sorts  thay  Paying  &  Delivering  to  my  Said  Children 
Samuel  John  Sarah  Mary  and  anna  Lenthall  to  Each  of  them  a  Great 
Bible  as  afores'^.  But  my  mined  and  will  is  that  if  my  Son  North  Eells 
Should  Incline  to  Learning  &  Obtain  a  Degree  of  Batchelor  of  arts 
that  then  my  s'^  Books  Shall  be  Equally  Diuided  betwixt  s"^.  nathaniel 
Edward  and  North  viz  s''.  nath".  &  Edward  Shall  Returne  one  third 
Parte  of  all  my  Said  Books  to  s''.  North  he  Paying  to  them  the  one 
third  of  the  Ualue  of  the  Bible  giuen  to  Each  of  my  Children  as  afore 
S*.  in  Case  s'^  north  Shall  not  obtaine  a  Degree  as  afores'^.  the  s''. 
Nath".  &  Edward  shall  Pay  and  deliver  to  Said  north  a  Great  Bible  of 
the  Largest  Sort  as  afores'^. 

it  is  my  mind  and  will  that  If  my  s<*.  wife  mary  agene  Before  my 
Children  are  brought  up  to  the  ages  afores''.  that  then  my  s"^.  Son 
Nathanial  Shall  Improue  m}'  real  Estate  &  apply  the  proffits  thereof 
for  the  bringing  up  s''.  North  to  ye  college  &  my  Children  as  aforesd. 
the  over  Plus  if  any  be  Shall  be  Equally  Diuided  among  all  my  Eight 
Children  in  case  of  my  s*^  Wife  remarriage  or  Death  Before  She  has 
sold  Lands  Sufficient  for  the  uses  afores'^.  I  doe  hereby  Impower  him 
to  Sell  Lands  &  Giue  Deeds  thereof  for  the  s"*.  uses 

I  Giue  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Eight  Children  viz  Samuel  John 
Nathaniel  Edward  North  Sarah  mary  Anna  Lenthall  all  the  rest  Of 
my  real  Estate  in  the  County  of  Plimouth  Suffolk  or  Else  where  viz 
to  Each  of  them  one  Eighth  Part  Except  my  s''.  Daughter  Sarah  har 
Part  to  be  Fourty  Pounds  ualue  Less  than  the  rest  She  hauing  had  So 
much  out  Of  my  Estate  already,  To  haue  and  to  hold  The  Same  to 
Each  of  m}'  s"*.  Children  as  afores"*.  w"\  the  Appertenances  to  them 
their  Seueral  respectiue  haires  and  assigns  for  Euer 

Lastly  I  doe  hereby  nominate  and  appointe  my  s'^  Wife  to  be  the 
Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  Last  Will  &  Testament  in  witness  whereof 
I  haue  hereunto  Sett  my  hand  &  Seal  The  27  Day  of  may  anno 
Domna  1732 

Signed  Sealed  Published  Declared  by  the  s"*.  Nath".  Eells  to  be  his 
Last  will  &  Testament  in  Presents  of 

Joseph  Gushing  Nathan".  Eells-is  Seal 

Joseph  Cushing  Jun''. 
John  Cushing  Jun"." 


REV.    NATHANIEL   EELLS.  149 

On  page  120  of  volume  12  of  the  same  records  is  entered  : 

"A  True  Inuentory  of  all  the  Estate  Real  and  personal  which  the 
Reyi.  Nathii.  Eells  Late  of  Scituate  Clark  decesed  Died  Seizd  of  that 
was  apprised  by  us  y".  Subscribers  the  5"'  Day  of  Nouember  A.D. 
1750  as  follows  in  LawfuU  money 

^    s   p 
Imprimis     To  purse  and  Apparel  12-  2-8 

Item     To  books  17-18  o 

Item    To  plate  48-14  8 

Item    To  other  Indoor  Moueables  M4-  3  4 

Item     To  outdoor  Moueables  55-IO  o 

Item    To  a  pew  in  the  Meeting  House  and  J^"^ 

of  a  Horse  Table  5-14 

Item     To  y''.  Real  Estate  446-13  4 


Sum  Totel  j^7io-  3  4 

Joshua  Jacobs 
Jos.  Gushing  ju' 
John  Ruggles 
Plimouth  ss  July  T-1751     M"  Hannah  Ealls  Exec''.  Made  Oath  that 
this  Inuentory  Contained  all  the  Estate  that  She  knows  Of  and  that 
when  She  Shall  know  of  More  Shel  Giue  it  in  the  apprisers  being 
under  Oath  at  the  Same  Time 

Before  Me  John  Gushing  Judge  of  probat  " 

In  order  to  pay  the  debts  of  the  estate,  Widow  Hannah 
Hells  as  Executrix  of  the  will  of  her  husband  sold,  August 
27,  1752,  to  her  son  North  Eells  for  ^82-13-5  the  house 
and  other  buildings  and  six  acres  of  the  farm  on  the  North 
side  of  the  highway.' 

August  17,  1752,  Nathaniel  Eells  "Clerk"  of  Stoning- 
ton,  Connecticut,  Edward  Eells  "Clerk"  of  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  Seth  Williams  Jr.,  and  wife  Mary  of  Taunton, 
Zachariah  Daman  Jr.,  and  wife  Anna  Lenthal  of  Scituate, 
sold  for  ^266  "lawful  money"  all  their  interest  in  the 
homestead  where  ' '  our  father  Rev  Mr  Nathaniel  Eells  in 
his  life  time  dwelt ' '  containing  seventy  acres  on  both  sides 
of  the  Town  Road.' 

October  25,  1754  and  April  17,  1755,  David  Turner  Jr., 

^  Plymouth  County  Deeds,  Vol.  53,  folio  108. 


150  THE  JOHN   EEIvIyS   FAMIIvY. 

of  Plymouth,  Ebenezer  Hatch  of  Pembroke  and  wife  Sarah, 
Nathaniel  Gushing  of  Pembroke  and  wife  Anna,  William 
Witherell  Eells  and  Robert  Lenthal  Hells  of  Hanover, 
Bezaleel  Palmer  of  Scituate  and  wife  Sarah,  conveyed  to 
North  Eells  "all  interest  in  the  farm  of  our  grandfather 
Nathaniell  Eells  deed  of  Scituate  Clerk."  ' 

March  19,  1757,  the  Plymouth  County  Probate  Court 
passed  an  order  for  the  distribution  of  the  estate  of  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Eells,  decreeing  to  his  son  North  Eells  }i,  and 
as  assignee  of  Nathaniel,  Edward,  Mary  and  Ann  Lenthal, 
children  of  deceased  Vg.  and  as  assignee  of  heirs  of  Sarah 
another  child  ^,  and  as  assignee  of  William,  Robert  and 
Sarah,  children  of  Samuel,  a  son  of  said  Rev.  Nathaniel 
^  of  ^^,  and  to  the  other  children  of  said  Samuel  }^  of  ^, 
and  to  the  heirs  of  John  Eells  deceased  another  son  }i.'' 

In  the  graveyard  at    Norwell    Centre    (formerly  South 

Scituate)  are  two  slate  gravestones  each  elaborately  carved 

with  head  and  wings,  bearing  these  inscriptions  : 

Here  Lies  the  Body  of  Here  Lyes  The  Body 

Y''  Reu^  M-"  Nath^  Eeli<s  Of  M"^^  Hannah 

Pastor  of  the  Second  Eei<i,s  The  Wife  of 

Church  of  Christ  in  Reu^^  M"'  Nathanieiv 

Scituate  who  Dyed  August  Eei<i,s  Who  Died  May 

ye-  25f-  1750  IN  THE  -ys^'  Y''  2^-  1754  Aged 

YEAR  of  HIS  Age  And  75  •  years  Bi^essed 

In  y*^-  47"-oF  HIS  Ministry  Are  the  Dead  Which 

Blessed  are  the  dead  Die  In  the  Lord 
which  die  in  y'^  lord  &c 

The  following  is  taken  from  volume  13,  page  284  of  the 
Plymouth  County  Probate  Records  : 

"In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  ;  I  Hannah  Eells  of  Scituate  in  the 
County  of  Plimouth  in  New  England  Widdow  Being  Aged,  but  of 
sound  minde  Do  make  this  my  Last  Will;  First  I  Recommend  my  soul 
to  God  that  Gave  it  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  Decent  Burial  at  the 
discretion  of  my  exec\  hereafter  named  and  Touching  my  Worldly 
Goods  and  Estate  I  Give  the  same  in  manner  Following  Viz'. 

'  Plymouth  County  Deeds,  Vol.  53,  folios  108  and  109. 
-  Plymouth  County  Probate,  Vol.  14,  p.  247. 


REV.    NATHANIEL   EELLS.  151 

Imp".  I  Give  to  the  Children  of  my  son  Samuel  Eells  Deceas'd  Ten 
Shillings  Lawful!  money  to  be  Equally  Divided  between  them,  their 
Father  haveing  in  his  Life  time  had  a  Large  portion  Out  of  my  Hus- 
bands Estate — 

Item,  I  Give  to  the  Children  of  my  son  John  Eells  Dec",  ten  Shil- 
lings LawfuU  money  to  be  Divided  between  them,  their  Father  haveing 
in  his  Life  time  had  a  Considerable  portion  Out  of  my  Husbands 
Estate- 
Item,  I  Give  to  my  Two  Daughters  Mary  Williams  &  Anna  Lenthall 
Damon  my  Gold  Chain  to  wair  about  the  neck  to  be  Equally  Divided 
between  them 

Item,  I  Give  to  my  Grandaughter  Hannah  North  Eells  the  Daugh- 
ter of  my  son  Sam',  a  Cow — 

Item,  I  Give  to  my  grandaughter  Hannah  Eells  the  Daughter  of 
my  son  John  aforesaid,  my  smallest  Looks.  Glass — 

Item,  I  Give  to  my  grandaughter  Ann  Cushing  my  Chist  of  Draws 
that  was  mad'".  Jones's — 

Item,  I  Give  to  my  grandaughter  Abiah  Eells  the  Daughter  of  s''. 
son  Jn".  a  Table  that  was  Mad°\  Jones's 

Item — I  Give  to  my  son  North  Ells  to  the  Vallue  of  Thirty  pounds 
two  Shillings  &  Eight  pence  Lawfull  money  Out  of  my  moveable 
Estate,  he  haveing  had  nothing  towards  Setting  up  his  Trade  or  Set- 
ting Out  in  the  world  as  the  Other  sons  had — 

Item  All  the  Rest  of  my  Estate  not  herein  Before  Disposed  of  I 
Give  to  be  Divided  between  my  Children  Nathaniel,  Edward,  North, 
Mary  and  Ann  and  the  Children  of  my  Daughter  Sarah  Dec*.  Viz',  to 
each  of  my  said  Children  One  Fifth  part,  and  the  Other  Fifth  to  my 
Grand  Children  the  Children  of  my  said  Daughter  Sarah,  Only  my 
mind  and  will  is  that  my  said  Daughter  mary's  share  shall  be  Thirteen 
pounds  six  shillings  and  Eight  pence  Less  then  the  Rest,  and  that 
Notwithstanding  what  is  before  mention'd  my  s''.  Grand  Children  the 
Children  of  my  s'' .  Daughter  Sarah  shall  have  no  part  of  the  Residuary 
Legassie  before  mentioned  unless  they  in  the  Settlement  &  Division 
of  the  Estate  which  my  late  Husband  the  Rev**,  m^  Eells  Died  Seized 
of,  allow  that  their  said  Mother  Received  of  my  said  Husband  Towards 
her  portion  Forty  pounds  Lawful!  money,  and  Account  for  the  same 
in  s'l.  Settlement,  and  also  allow  and  pay  to  my  said  son.  North  six 
pounds  Thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence  Out  of  their  shares  of  my 
said  Husbands  Estate  which  he  Died  Seiz'd  of,  as  my  said  Daughter 
Anna  and  some  of  my  Other  Children  have  Allready  Done — And  if 
they  do  not  make  the  allowance,  and  pay  as  aforesaid  then  their 
Fifth  afores''.  shall  be  Equally  Divided  between  said  Nath'.  Edward 
North,  mary  &  Anna's  and  my  minde  is  that  said  Mary  &  Anna  should 


152  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS   FAMILY. 

take  Each  of  them  the  Bed  which  I  lent  them  in  part  of  their  Respec- 
tive shares,  of  the  said  residuary  Legcie 

Lastly  I  Do  Hereby  nominate  and  Appoint  my  three  sons  Nath'. 
Edward,  and  North  to  be  Exec",  of  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament 
In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Sett  my  hand  and  Seal  the  First 
day  of  Sep^  A.D  1752 — 

Hannah  Eells  (Seal) 

Sign'd  Seal'd  Published  &  Declar'd  by  the  said  Hannah  Eells  to  be 
her  Last  will  &  Testament  In  presents  of 
Mary  Gushing 
Mary  Gushing  Ju'. 
Hannah  Gushing  " 

And  on  page  334  of  the  same  volume  is  entered  : 

"A  True  Inventory  of  all  the  Estate  which  M".  Hannah  Eells  late 
of  Scituate  Widdow  DeC".  Dyed  Seiz'd  of  that  was  Appriz'd  by  us  the 
Subscribers  the  Eighth  day  of  June  A.D  1754,  as  follows — In  Lawful! 
Money 

Imp\  To  purs.  Apparel  &  Books  £'^1-^1-1 

Item,  To  One  Gold  Ghain  8 

Item,  To  plate  32-  3-9 

Item    To  Other  Indore  Moveables  86-1 1-8 

Item    To  Out  Doore  moveables  15-11-4 


Sum  Totall  ^170-  4-4 
Joshua  Jacob 
Joseph  Gushing  Ju'. 
John  Ruggles 

Plim°,  Ss.  June  30,  1754,  North  Eells  One  of  Exec",  of  sd.  Dec**, 
made  Oath  y'.  this  Inventory  contains  All  the  said  DeC^".  Estate  So  far 
as  he  knows  &  that  when  he  shall  know  of  more  he'l  Give  it  in  the 
said  apprizers  being  also  under  Oath — 

Before  Me  John  Gushing  Judge  of  prob'." 

Ghildren  of  Nathaniel,  and  Hannah  (North)  Eei,i^. 

I.         Sarah,  b.  Aug.  i,  1705;'      bap.  Aug.  5,  1705;'' m.  May 

27,  1726,  Benjamin  Tur- 
ner of  Scituate.^ 

^  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  i,  p.  113. 

^  South  Scituate,  Mass.,  Ghurch  Records. 

^  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  i,  p.  28. 


REV,   NATHANIEL  EELLS. 


153 


II.       Samuei., 


III.     John, 


IV.      Nathaniel, 


V.        Edward, 


VI.      Hannah, 


b.  Feb.  19,  1706-7;'  bap.  Feb.  23,  1706-7;'  m. 
Dec.  18,  1729,  Hannah 
Witherell"*  and  lived  in 
Hanover,  Mass. 

"  /^<?^.^  15,  1708-9;'  "  Jan.  23,  1708-9;'^  m. 
June  4,  1730,  Abiah 
Waterman'*  and  lived  in 
Scituate,  Mass. 

"  Jan.  31,  1710-11;'  "  Feb.  4,  1710-11;^  m.  I. 
Oct.  18,  1733,^  Mercy 
Gushing,  2.  Oct.  11, 
1753,  Mary  (Goodwill) 
Helyer  Darrell.^  He 
was  many  years  pastor 
of  the  Congregational 
Church  of  Stonington, 
Conn. 

"  Jan.  3,  1712-13;'  "  Jan.  4,  1712-13;'^  m.  i. 
July  24,  1740,  Martha 
Pitkin,''  2.  May  19, 
1772,  Patience  (Bulkley) 
Lord,*  and  was  pastor 
of  the  Congregational 
Church  in  the  North 
Society,  Middletown, 
Conn. 

"  Jan.  24,  1714-15;'  "  Jan.  30,  1714-15;'  d. 
Dec.  15,  1722.' 


^  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  i,  p.  113. 

'  South  Scituate,  Mass.,  Church  Records. 

^  The  month  in  the  date  of  this  birth  is  probably  an  error.  The 
baptisms  are  entered  upon  the  Church  records  in  chronological  order; 
and  there  is  more  chance  for  an  error  in  this  entry  upon  the  Town 
records  than  there  would  be  for  an  error  in  the  entry  of  the  baptism 
upon  the  Church  records. 

*  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  i,  p.  29. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  part  i,  p.  5. 

*  Abstract  of  Records  of  "New  North  Church,"  in  Office  of  the 
City  Registrar,  Boston,  Mass. 

'  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  122. 

^  Rev.  Edward  Eells's  family  record. 

^  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  4,  p.  8. 


154 


THE  JOHN  EEI/IvS   FAMILY. 


VII.    Mary, 


VIII.  North, 


IX.      Anna  Lenthai,,  "  Oct.  i6,  1721;^ 


b.  May  8,  1716;'  bap.  May  13,  1716;''  m. 
Nov.  7,  1738,  Seth  Wil- 
liams, 3  of  Taunton, 
Mass. 

"  Sep.  22,  1718;'        "     Sep.  28,  1718;-  m. 

Ruth  (Tilden?),-*  and 
lived  in  Scituate,  Mass. 
Oct.  22,  1721;*  m.  Nov. 
30,  1748,  Zachary 
Damon,  Jr.,  of  Scituate, 
Mass.  5 


6. 

Nathaniel  Eells  {Samuel  t,,  Samuel  2,  John  i)  was 
baptized  iu  Milford,  Connecticut,  July  22,  1705."  The  date 
of  his  birth  does  not  appear  on  the  town  records  and  nothing 
is  known  of  his  early  life,  but  he  is  supposed  to  have  made 
Milford  his  home.  He  was  thirty-four  years  old  when  he 
was  married,  October  29,  1739,  at  Middletown,  North 
Society  (now  the  town  of  Cromwell)  to  MARTHA  STOW, 
his  father  "  Hon.  Sam'.  Eells  Ass'."  performing  the  cere- 
mony.' She  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Esther 
{Moidd)  Stow  of  Middletown,  North  Society,  and  was  born 
August   30,    1 71 2.'     Martha    (Stow)    Eells   died   May    12, 


'  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  i,  p.  113. 

^  South  Scituate,  Mass.,  Church  Records. 

^  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  i,  p.  6. 

^  It  is  stated  in  Deane's  History  of  Scituate  that  his  wife's  name 
was  Ruth  Tilden.  The  births  of  the  children  of  Nathaniel  and  Ruth 
Eells  are  entered  on  the  Scituate  town  records,  but  there  is  no  record 
of  his  marriage  thereon  nor  on  the  books  of  the  South  Scituate  church. 

^  Scituate,  Mass.,  Town  Records,  Vol.  i,  part  i,  p.  31. 

«  Milford,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  33. 

■"  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Cong.  Church  Records. 

"  Middletown,  Conn.,  p.  25  of  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  in 
volume  I,  of  Land  Records. 


NATHANIEL   EELLS.  155 

1740/  in  less  than  seven  mouths  from  the  day  of  her  mar- 
riage. 

Nathaniel  married  second,  February  17,  1742-3,^ 
"Allice"  White,  born  February  25,  1713-14,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Alice  {Cook)  White  of  Upper  Middletown." 

April  24,  1733,  Nathaniel  received  from  his  father,' Major 
Samuel  Eells,  a  deed  of  twelve  acres  of  land  at  Indian  Side 
in  the  town  of  Milford.  This  is  presumably  the  same  land 
that  he  sold  to  his  said  father,  June  13,  1743/ 

February  27,1744-5,  Nathaniel  sold  to  Theophilus  Bald- 
win of  Milford  all  his  interest  in  lands  in  the  ' '  Two  Bitt 
Purchase ' '  which  formerly  belonged  to  his  ' '  Mother 
Martha  Eells  Deceased.'" 

By  the  will  of  his  father,  Nathaniel  inherited  the  home- 
stead of  the  former. 

One  acre  of  this  property  he  sold  April  25,  1753,  to  Peter 
Perritt,  and  the  remainder  with  the  house  Nathaniel  con- 
veyed February  28,  1754,  to  the  brother  of  his  first  wife, 
Stephen  Stow,  "Late  of  Middletown  afores'^,  now  of  Mil- 
ford." In  the  deed  the  property  was  described  as  "y® 
house  and  land  y'.  was  my  Hon''  father  Sam''  Eells  Esqr^ 
late  of  Milford  Decease'  and  wherein  &  on  he  Dwelt.  "^ 

April  10,  1742,  Nathaniel  Eells  of  Milford  purchased  of 
John  Shepard  of  Middletown  for  ^1000  four  pieces  of  land 
in  the  "  North  Parish  "   of  Middletown. 

The  first  contained  eight  acres  with  all  the  buildings 
thereon  and  was  the  grantor's  home  lot,  "  bounded  Easterly 
on  a  highway.  Westerly  on  Nath"  Ranney's  Land,  North- 
erly on  Nath"  Riley's  Land,  and  Southerly  on  Land  that 
Did  belong  to  Sarg^  Sam".  Wilcox  Dec'\" 

'  Gravestone  in  Quarry  Cemetery,  Cromwell,  Conn. 
^  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  131. 
^Middletown,   Conn.,  p.   17   of   Births,  Marriages   and   Deaths,  in 
volume  2  of  Land  Records. 
^  Milford,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  8,  p.  89  and  Vol.  11,  p.  220. 
*  Ibid.,  Vol.  10,  p.  346. 
^  Ibid.,  Vol.  12,  p.  449  and  Vol.  I2>^,  p.  557. 


156  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

The  other  pieces  were  forty-six  acres  near  Pine  Swamp, 
one  and  one  half  acres  in  the  lyOng  Meadow,  five  acres  in 
the  Long  Meadow  Swamp  and  three  acres  in  the  Further 
Neck.' 

The  home  lot  before  mentioned,  which  became  Nathaniel's 
residence,  is  situated  on  the  West  side  of  Main  street  in  the 
town  of  Cromwell.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and 
the  Congregational  parsonage  now  occupy  the  South  part 
of  the  lot,  and  the  North  part  was  for  many  years  the 
residence  of  Daniel  H.  Wilcox,  and  later  owned  by  his 
daughter  Mrs.  Linus  H.  Williams. 

Nathaniel  Eells  was  admitted  to  membership  in  the  Mil- 
ford  Congregational  Church  June  27,  1741,''  and  August 
22,  1742  he  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  Middletown 
North  Society,  by  letter  from  the  Milford  Church.'  This 
would  indicate  that  he  removed  to  Middletown  soon  after 
the  purchase  of  the  Shepard  lands. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  held  in  Middletown,  Decem- 
ber I,  1746  he  was  chosen  a  Grand  Juror,  in  1750  Hay  ward, 
and  in  1751  and  '59  Surveyor  of  highways. 

"Att  a  meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  North  Society  " 

of  Middletown    held    "  Nouember   y®    6*^,    1749" 

"  Nathaniel  Eells  Ebenezar  Savage  Jeremiah  Rany  and 
John  Savage  were  chosen  a  Com"  to  order  the  affairs  of  the 
Scoole  y*^  year  Ensuing"  and  in  November  1756  he  was 
again  appointed  to  this  ofl&ce.  In  November  1751  and  '52 
he  was  one  of  three  persons  ' '  Chosen  a  Committee  to  order 
the  Prudentials  of  the  Society  the  Year  Ensuing  ' ' ;  and  in 
November  1753  he  "  was  chosen  a  Committee  Man  to  assist 
the  Collector  in  apriseing  the  Loads  of  wood  that  May  be 
brought  into  the  Rev''  M'  Eells  the  year  Ensuing." 

'  Middletown,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  9,  p.  355. 

^  At  this  period  records  of  baptisms  and  admissions  were  entered  on 
different  pages  of  the  Church  book.  Several  entries  of  baptisms  and 
admissions  were  made  as  occurring  on  this  date,  which  was  Saturday. 
It  seems  as  if  the  clerk  should  have  written  June  28  instead  of  June  27. 

^  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records,  Vol.  i. 


NATHANIEL  EELLS.  157 

Nathaniel  Eells  died  September  9,  1776,  and  was  buried 
in  the  oldest  cemetery  in  Cromwell,  where  his  gravestone, 
of  Portland  freestone,  ornamented  with  head  and  wings, 
bears  this  inscription  : 

In  Memory  of 

M""  Nathaniel  Eeli.s 

who  departed  this 

Life  Sep"-  9*1^ 

A  D  :    1776 

in  the  70"'  Year 

of  his  Age. 

Blessed  are  the  Dead 

which  die  in  the  Lord. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  will  and  inventory  as 
recorded  in  Volume  3,  pages  361  and  362,  of  the  Probate 
Records  for  the  District  of  Middletown  : 

"  In  the  Name  of  God  Amen 

I  Nathaniel  Eells  of  Middletown  in  the  County  of  Hartford  &  Colony 
of  Connecticutt  in  New  England  Husbandman,  Being  in  a  weak  & 
low  State  of  Health,  But  of  a  Sound  Disposing  mind  &  Memory, 
Calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of  my  Body  &  that  it  is  Appointed  for  all 
men  once  to  Dye  :  Do  make  &  Ordain  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament : 
And  Principally  &  first  of  all,  I  Give  &  Recommend  my  Soul  to 
God  who  gave  it  &  my  Body  to  be  Buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial 
at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors  hereafter  Named,  with  a  Sure  & 
Certain  hope  of  a  Resurrection  unto  Eternal  Life,  and  as  to  my 
temporal  Interest  wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  God  to  Bless  me  in  this 
Life,  I  Give  &  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  Manner  and 
form  after  my  Just  Debts  &  funeral  Charges  are  paid. 

Imprimus  I  give  to  my  Beloved  Wife  Alis  Eells  the  use  &  Improve- 
ment of  one  Third  part  of  my  Lands  &  half  of  my  Indoor  Moovables 
I  give  to  be  at  her  Disposal  &  one  Half  of  my  House  which  Shee 
Shall  Choose,  &  such  part  of  my  Barn  as  Shee  Shall  need  for  her 
own  use,  and  my  Will  is  that  my  Two  Daughters  Mary  &  Theadocia 
shall  have  the  Privelage  of  Living  in  that  Half  of  the  House  until 
each  of  them  Shall  be  married.  I  Give  her  a  Cow  which  Shee  Shall 
choose  &  Six  Good  sheep  &  a  Good  Hog  with  Provisions  for  One 
Year  After  my  Decease  :  &  my  Will  is  that  my  Son  Nathaniel  Shall 
provide  Wood  for  his  Mother  as  much  as  Shee  shall  need  brought  to 
the  Door  &  cut  fit  for  her  fire  untill  my  Son  Daniel  comes  to  Lawful 


158  THE  JOHN   BEIvLS   FAMIIvY. 

age  &  then  he  s"*  Daniel  shall  provide  One  Half  of  the  Wood  as  above 
Expressed  this  I  give  her  During  her  Natural  Life 

Item.  I  give  to  my  Beloved  Sons  Nathaniel  Eells  &  Daniel  Eells 
my  House  and  Barn  with  all  my  Real  Estate  to  be  Equally  Divided 
between  them  also  I  give  to  my  Two  Sons  above  Named  all  my  Wear- 
ing Apparel  &  Husbandry  Tools  &  all  my  Stock  of  Cattle  &  Horses 
to  be  Equally  Divided  between  them  and  my  Will  is  that  my  Son 
Nathaniel  shall  have  the  use  &  Improvement  of  my  Real  Estate 
Given  to  my  Son  Daniel  untill  he  comes  to  Lawful  Age  he  Providing 
for  his  Brother  all  that  is  Necessary  for  him  not  Exceeding  the  Neat 
Profits  of  his  Land  &  in  case  this  is  not  needed  it  Shall  be  for  the 
Benefit  of  Nathaniel  as  he  is  my  Eldest  Son  and  my  Will  further  is 
that  Nathaniel  Shall  provide  Wood  for  his  Mother  as  above  Expressed 
untill  my  Son  Daniel  Shall  come  of  Age  &  then  he  Shall  provide  One 
Half  of  the  Wood  as  above  Expressed,  &  the  Wood  I  would  have  cut 
off  from  the  Land  Given  to  my  Wife  This  I  give  to  them  and  their 
Hiers  Forever 

Item  I  give  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Martha  Spencer  the  Wife  of 
Samuel  Spencer  the  Sum  of  Ten  Shillings  Lawful  Money  over  and 
above  what  I  have  Given  which  I  Judge  to  be  Forty-Nine  Pounds 
Ten  Shillings  to  be  paid  by  my  Two  Sons  when  Daniel  Shall  come 
to  the  Age  of  Twenty  one  Years  this  I  Give  to  her  and  her  Hiers 
Forever 

Item  I  Give  to  my  Beloved  Daughters  Mary  Eells  &  Theadocia 
Eells  the  Sum  of  Fifty  Pounds  to  each  of  them  to  be  paid  by  my  Two 
Sons  Nath".  &  Dan'.  &  Mary  &  Theadocia  Shall  take  as  part  of  their 
Portion  the  One  Half  of  the  Moveables  at  Inventory  Price  &  that 
part  of  the  Stock  which  Shall  fall  to  Daniel  by  an  Equal  Division  at 
Inventory  Price  &  the  Remainder  that  Shall  be  due  to  the  Daughters 
from  Daniel  Shall  be  paid  in  One  Year  after  he  comes  to  Age  & 
Nath'.  Shall  pay  one  half  of  this  part  of  the  Legacy  in  One  Year  & 
the  Other  Half  the  Next  Year  after  my  Decease — 

I  do  hereby  Constitute  and  appoint  my  Beloved  Wife  Alis  Eells  & 
my  Son  Nath'.  Eells  my  Executors  to  see  this  my  last  Will  &  Testa- 
ment Truly  Executed  According  to  the  true  Intent  and  Meaning 
thereof.  In  Witness  hereof  I  have  sett  my  Hand  &  Seal  this  Twen- 
tieth day  of  December  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  &  Seventy  One. 
Signed  Sealed  Published 

pronounced  &  Declared  by  Nathaniel  Eells  [Seal] 

Nath'  Eells  the  Insealer  to  be 
his  last  Will  &  Testament 
In  Presents  of  us 
Edward  Eells,  Daniel  Willcox  Moses  White — 


NATHANIEL   EELLS. 


159 


Att  a  Court  of  Probate  held  in  Middletown  in  &  For  the  District  of 
Middletown  on  the  7"'  of  April  1777  Then  the  foregoing  Instrument 
was  Exhibited  in  Court  and  was  proved  to  be  the  last  Will  &  Testa- 
ment of  M^  Nath'  Eells  late  of  Middletown  Dec*,  was  Approved  & 
Ordered  to  be  Recorded  in  the  Registry  of  this  Court  and  Mrs.  Alls 
Eells  &  Mr  Nath'  Eells  who  are  Therein  Appointed  Executors  per- 
sonally Appeared  in  Court  and  Accepted  the  trust  reposed  in  them 

Test  Bezaleel  Fisk  Clerk.— 

An  Inventory  of  the  Estate  of   M'.  Nath'   Eells  Late  of  Middle- 
town  in  the  County  of  Hartford  Deceased    Taken  by  us  th^  Sub- 
scribers Apprissors  under  Oath  March  12'''..  1777. — 
I  Blue  Coat  35/  i  Black  Vest  15/  i  Blue  Great  Coat 

12/  I  Bever  Hatt  20/  4.     2.  o. 

I  ^  Leather   Breeches    18/  i    Old   Vest   2/    i    Strait 

Body'd  Coat  10/  i  Wooling  shirt  4/  i .  .  14. . 

I  Linnen  Shirt  7/  i  '^  Blue  Stockings  r/6  i 

Stockings  1/6  i  ^  Buckles  6/8 
7  Beads  N°.  i  &  Furniture  ^^5.  .8. 

No  3  &  Furniture  ^3 .  .  1 2 .  .  6 
No.  4.  &  Furniture  49/.  No.  5.  62/. 
42/ 
I  New  Blanket  28/.   i  f^'  Woollen  sheets  18/.  14  Yds 
Under  Beading  14/.  i  ^  New  Sheets  25/ 

1  ^  Cotton  sheets  25/.    i  ^  fine  d".  15/.  5 

sheets  100/.  if)  Old  d°.  8/4 

2  ^  D°.  30/.  7  ?  D".  ^6.  .13. .  I  ^  D" 

20/.  I  ^  D°.  10/.  I  ^  D".  6/8 

4  Knapkins  8/.  3  ^  Pillow  Cases  9/.  5 
Yds.  Diaper  30/. 

4  Knapkins  8/9.   2  Table  Cloths   7/6. 
Draws  40/.   i  Large  Round  Table  18/. 

I  Chest  w''.    I  Draw  12/.   i  Large  Chest  4/.  i  Square 
Table  5/.   i  Round  D°.  4/6. 

I  Stand  4/6.  Small  Table  4/.  i  Old  Case  &  7  Bottles 

9/.   I  Sett  of  Bk.  Chairs  18/.  i .  .  15.  .  6. 

10  Old  Chairs  15/.   i  Great  Chair  &  2  Old  Chairs  3/. 

I  f  Slice  &  Tongs  6/.  i . .  4.  .— 

I  ^  Small  SHce  &  Tongs  4/.  3  Trammels  15/.  Toast- 
ing Iron  4/.  Grid  Iron  i/.  i .  .  4. . — 

I  ^  Cast  Cobb  Irons  6/.  i  Old  ^  D°.  12/.  i  Dish  Kittle 

3/.  I01dd»2/.  I..    3..— 

I  Small  Pot  2/6.  I  Great  d".  6/.  Iron  Skillet  2/.  Fry- 
ing Pan  4/.  2  Ladles  3/.  17. .  6. 


Black 
.6  N°.  2  /5-.7.-6. 
No.  6.  83/4  No.  7. 
t  Yds 
New 
18/4.  I  ^  D°. 
f  D».  12/6.  12 
One  Case    of 


7- 


16.  8 


14..   8..  6. 


II. .16. .  4, 


4..   5-.— 


10.  .!».  .— 


19. .  6. 


3--I4.-  3- 


6. 


160  THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 

I  Iron  Tea  Kittle  7/.    i  Copper  d".  6/.    i  Great  Brass 

Kettle  14/.  Small  do.  12/.  i .  .  19.  . — 

I  Large  Iron  Kittle  18/.  4  Candlesticks  3/.  i  Warming 

Pan  3/  I  Large  Looking  Glass  16/  2. .  — .  .  — . 

1  Small  Looking  Glass  8/.   i   Great  Wheel  5/.  i  Old 

do  2/.   I  Sett  of  Knives  &  Forks  3/6  18..   6. 

3  Old  Pails  3/.   I  Tea  Pot  4/.    i  Sett  Tea  Spoons   18/. 

2  Great  Silver  Spoons  18/.  5  Pew  do  i/.  2.  .   4.  . — 

4  Pewter  Platters  11"  at  20'^  is  18/4.  i  Soop  Platter.   2 

Basons.  2  Pint  Basons  &  4  old  Plater  9"*.  ^  16/3.  i . .  14.  .   7. 

4  Plates  5/.  4  Old  do  &  i  Bason  4"  is  4/.  i  Qt  Cup  2/6 

I  Tankerd  2/6  i  pint  Cup  1/6  15.  .   6. 

2  Small  Porringers  i/.   2  Dry  Tierses  10/.  i  Flower 

Barrel  3/.  4  Old  Barrels  2/.  16.. — 

I  Bread  Tray    1/6.   i  Old  hh''  2/.  i  Pork  Barrel  6/.  i 

Butter  Tubb  1/3.  i  Cyder  Bbl  3/.  I3-  ■  9. 

1  Cider  Bb'  2/6.  2  Old  Meet  Barrels  3/6.  3  Tubs  3/. 

I  Cagg  2/6.  II..   6 . 

3  Large  Milk  Bowles  &  i  Tray  3/3  i  ^^  Stilyards  4/. 

1  Hetcliel  18/.  I  Course  do  6/.  i . .  1 1 . .  3 . 

2  Bags  8/.  3  Old  do  3/.  Corn  Fan  3/.  i  Iron  Wedge  2/. 

Beatle  Ring  2/6  18.  .   6. 

Iron  About  y"  Cart  51/.  Clevey  Pin  3/.  Timber  Chain 

29/.  Draught  do  9/6  4..  12..   6. 

I  Old  Chain  5/6.  Plow  do  5/.  2  Staples  &  Rings  7/6 

Hay  Knife  2/6.  i  Dung  Fork  3/6  i.  .   4.  . — 

I  Pitch  Fork  2/6.  Small  do  i/.  Coller  3/6.  trases  2/6. 

2  Plow  Colters  11/.  i.  .  — . .   6. 
I  Sett  Harrow  Teeth  25/.  plow  Clevey  2/6.  Cart  Rope 

2/.  I  Brush  Hook  5/.  2  p''  Thole  Irons  2/.  i .  .  16.  .   6. 

I  Yoke  Cattle  ^12.  i  D"  3  Year  Old  Steers  ;^8.  i  Cow 

;^4..io.  I  D°.  ^3.. 15.  28..   5..— 

I  Yoke  of  Two  Year  Old   Steers  ;^4..io.    i    Heifer 

j^2 .  .  10.  2  Calves  ^3 .  .  I  Old  Sow  35/.  1 1 .  .  15 .  .  — 

30  Sheep  @  7/.  ^10.  .10.  I  Cow  Hide  w"^.  60"..  12/6. 

House  ;^7o.  .0.  .0.  81..  2..  6. 

Bam  &  Cow  House  ^20.  Home  Lott  about  8  acres  @ 

/17.  ^  acre  is  £12,6.  156.  .  — .  .  — . 

i.)4  Acres  of  Long  Meadow.  ^22.  .10.  About  3  Acres 

D°  Swamp  @.  7.  .10  &  part  @  ^3  is  ^18.  40.  .10.  . — 

Ab'.  18  Acres  of  Woolfpit  Hill  @  ^4/10  is  ;^8i.  Ab'.  18 

Acres  d°.  at  the  Ledges  @  80/.  ^72.  153, .  — . . — . 


NATHANIEI.  EELI.S.  161 

Ab»  52  Acres  of  the  Pine  Swamp  @  60/.  ;^i56,  3  Acres 

Fur  Neck  @  60/.  is  £().  .0.  .0.  .  165.  .  — . . — 

I  Small  Piece  of  Ivand  in  the  Round  Meadow  10. . — 


£^2?,..lo..  8 


Daniel  Willcox  |  ^ppraisors  under  Oath. 
Ozias  Willcox    ) 

Att  a  Court  of  Probate  held  in  Middletown  on  the  7"'.  of  April  1777. 
Then  the  beforegoing  Inventory  was  Exhibited  in  Court  under  oath 
in  Manner  Accustomed  was  Excepted  and  Ordered  to  be  Recorded  in 
the  Records  of  this  Court 

Test  Bezaleel  Fisk  Clerk. 


"Allice"  (White)  Hells  died  March  5,  1792,  and  was 
buried  by  the  side  of  her  husband,  her  gravestone  being 
inscribed  : 

In  Memory  of 

Mrs  Ellis  Eells, 

Relict  of 

Mr  Nathaniel  Eells, 

who  departed  this 

Ivife  March  s*'' 

1792  in  the  78''' 

Year  of  her  Age. 


Children  of  Nathaniei.  and  "Ai.i,ice"  (White)  Eei,i^. 

7.  I.      Martha,        b.  Dec.  12,  1743;'     bap.  Dec.  18,  1743;'  m-  May 

23,  1771,  Samuel  Spen- 
cer. 

8.  II.    Mary,  "  Jan.  18,  i745-6;^    "  Jan.  19, 1745-6;^  m.  May 

30,  1782,  John  Cande. 

9.  III.  NaThaniEIv,   "   Sep.  8,  1748;!  "   Sep.  11,  1748;*  m.  Feb. 

22,  1776,  Huldah  White. 
IV.  Daniel,  "  ;      "   Nov.  3,  1751;'  d.  Aug. 

I,  1752.' 


'  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  131. 
*  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 


162  THE  JOHN  EELI.S   FAMILY. 

V.     ThKodosia,    b.  June  lo,  1754;^   bap.  June  16,  1754;'  removed 

with  her  brother  Daniel 
to  New  Hartford,  New 
York,  and  died  there 
Dec.  7,  1850,  unmar- 
ried.'* 
10.  VI.  Daniei.,  "    Dec.  5,  1757;'         "     Dec.  4,   1757;^  m.  Oct. 

3, 1782,  Martha  Hamlin. 


Martha  EELLS  {Nathaniel  6,  Samuel  3,  Samuel  2, 
John  i)  was  born  in  Middletown  North  Society  (now  the 
town  of  Cromwell)  Connecticut,  December  12,  1743,'  and 
was  baptized  six  days  later."  She  married  May  23,  1771,' 
Samuel  Spencer,  born  October  20,  1744,'  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  {Taylor)  Spencer. 

His  parents  resided  in  that  part  of  Middletown  which  lay 
East  of  the  "Great  River,"  and  he  was  baptized  by  the 
Pastor  of  the  Haddam  Neck  Congregational  Church  on  the 
day  following  his  birth. 

In  February,  1771,°  he  purchased  two  and  one  half  acres 
of  land  in  the  North  Society  of  Middletown  to  which  he 
made  additions  at  various  dates  thereafter. 

This  property  was  situated  a  few  rods  North  of  the  home- 
stead of  his  prospective  father-in-law,  and  became  Samuel's 
residence  for  the  rest  of  his  life. 

'  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  131. 

'■■  This  date  of  birth  is  given  in  the  genealogical  records  of  William 
E.  Abbott,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  Rev.  Edward  Eells,  of  Washington, 
D.  C.  The  reader  will  notice  a  discrepancy  between  this  date  and 
that  of  the  baptism.  The  fact  that  the  baptisms  are  entered  upon  the 
church  records  in  chronological  order  would  seem  to  prove  that  the 
mistake  is  in  the  date  of  the  birth.  What  the  correct  date  is  remains 
to  be  determined. 

3  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 

■*  Gravestone  in  South  street  cemetery,  New  Hartford,  N.  Y. 

*  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  130. 

*  Middletown,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  25,  p.  159. 


MARTHA   EELLS  SPENCER.  163 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  in  December,  1784,  he  was 
chosen  Tythingman  ;  in  1786,  '87  and  '88  Surveyor  of  high- 
ways ;  Grand  Juror  in  1790,  and  from  1792  to  1806,  inclu- 
sive, lycather  Sealer. 

The  records  of  the  Cromwell  Congregational  Church 
show  that  May  31,  1772,  Samuel  Spencer  and  his  wife 
Martha  ' '  renewed  their  baptismal  covenant, ' '  and  Decem- 
ber II,  1803,  she  was  admitted  to  full  communion. 

Samuel  Spencer  died  October  12,  18 18,'  lacking  only  a 
few  days  of  being  seventy-four  years  old. 

Martha  (Bells)  Spencer,  his  widow,  died  February  19, 
1 82 1,'  aged  seventy-seven  years,  one  month  and  twenty- 
seven  days. 

The  following  inscriptions  are  taken  from  their  grave- 
stones in  the  Cromwell  Quarry  Cemetery  : 

In  memory  of  In 

Mr,  SAMUEI.  SPENCER  Memory  of 

who  died  Oct,  I2*'S  Martha  Spencer 

1818.     In  the  73  year  relict  of 

of  his  age.  Samuel  Spencer  : 

who  died 

Feb.  19,  1821 : 

aged  77. 

Children  of  Samuki,  and  Martha  (Eei.ls)  SpKncer. 

I.  Martha,  b.         ;  bap.  Feb.  16,  1772;-  m.  Nov.    10,  1791,  Jehiel 

Williams,  Jr.'^ 

II.  Hannah,"         ;     "     July  31,  1774;'-    "  Nov.  27,  1794,  Zebulon 

Stow,  Jr. 2 

III.  Lucy,         "         ;     "     Jan.    5,    1777;'^  d.  Jan.  28, 1778, 13 months 

II  days  old.^ 

IV.  BETSEY,     "  ;     "      Sep.   12,  1779;'  m.  Nov.  2,    1800,    Elisha 

Kirby.2 

V.  Lucy,         "         ;     "     Mar.  31,  1782;^    "   Nov.    12,    1801,    Giles 

Kirby.2 

'  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records  and  Gravestone 
in  Cromwell  Quarry  Cemetery. 

*  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 

*  Gravestone  in  Cromwell  Quarry  Cemetery. 


164  THE  JOHN   EEIvLS  FAMII.Y. 

VI.  Mary,   b.  ;  bap.  Sep.   19,  1784;'  m.  July    5,    1807,    Titus 

Morgan,  M.D.' 

VII.  Sai,ly,    "  ;     "     May    6,  1787;'    "   Sep.  20,   1807,  Joseph 

Morgan,  Jr.' 


8. 

Mary  Eells  {Nathaniel  6,  Samuel  t,,  Samuel  2  John  i) 
was  born  in  the  North  Society  of  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
January  18,  1745-6,'  and  was  baptized  the  next  day."  She 
married  May  30,  1782,'  as  his  second  wife,  JOHN  Cande, 
born  in  Middletown,  April  16,  1749,  son  of  Theophilus  and 
Hannah  {Bacoii)  Cande.*  He  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege in  the  class  of  1774,  and  his  diploma  was  in  existence 
a  few  years  ago. 

May  21,  1 78 1,  his  father  "for  the  consideration  of  the 
love  and  natural  affection  I  have  for  &  do  bear  to  my  son 
John  Cande  and  for  the  Consideration  of  what  he  has  done 
for  me  Since  he  arrived  of  age  for  himself,"  conveyed  to 
him  one  half  of  all  his  lands  in  Newfield  Society,  Middle- 
town,  with  the  North  half  of  the  house  thereon.* 

April  4,  1 80 1,  John  conveyed  nine  acres  of  this  property 
to  his  sons  Samuel  and  John,  Jr.,'  which  were  re-conveyed 
to  him  in  February,  1803.' 


^  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 

*  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  131. 
'  Ibid.,  Vol.  2,  p.  212. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  p.  108.  The  date  of  his  birth  on  the  town  records 
is  April  16,  1750.  As  entered  on  the  records  of  the  First  Church, 
his  baptism  occurred  April  23,  1749.  In  his  own  family  record,  now 
1900,  in  possession  of  his  grandson,  Augustus  Cande  of  Holland 
Patent,  N.  Y.,  his  birth  is  entered  as  "  16"^  of  April  1749  O.  S."  The 
entry  of  his  baptism  proves  that  he  must  have  been  born  in  1749. 

*  Middletown,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  26,  p.  89. 

*  Ibid.,  Vol.  36,  p.  209.     '  Ibid.,  Vol.  34,  p.  475. 


MARY   EELLS  CANDE.  165 

February  12,  1803,  he  sold  his  farm  of  86 j4  acres  in 
Newfield  Society  to  Benjamin  Williams  for  $3,800/  and  his 
name  disappears  from  the  town  records. 

January  11,  1 803  ' '  John  Cande  farmer  now  or  late  of 
Middletown  in  the  State  of  Connecticut ' '  purchased  for 
$2,163.37  312^  acres  of  land  in  that  part  of  Oneida  County, 
New  York,  which  was  originally  granted  to  Right  Honor- 
able Henry  Lord  Holland  and  known  as  Holland  Patent." 

This  became  his  home  where  he  quietly  passed  th€  rest 
of  his  life. 

He  and  his  second  wife  Mary  were  buried  in  the  cemetery 
in  the  village  of  Holland  Patent,  where  their  gravestones  of 
white  marble,  still  standing,  are  inscribed  : 

In  IN 

Memory  of  Memory  of 

Mr  JOHN  CANDE  MARY  CANDE 

who  suddenly  departed  this  life  widow  of  the  late 

13"'  April  A.D.  182 1.  John  Cande, 

AGED  who  died  March  24*'> 

71  years.  1837, 

He  being  dead  yet  Aged  91  years 
speaketh 

Chii,dren  of  John  and  Mary  (Eei<i.s)  Cande. 

I.  Wii<i.iam,     b.  April    8,  1783;%^  bap.  April  20,  1783;''  d.    Dec.    i, 

1819,5  unmarried. 

II.  Daughter,  "  Dec.    17,  1784;^       "  ;    d.  Dec.  17, 

1784.'* 

III.  Isaac,  "  April    7,  I786;3.5    "      April  16,  1786;'*  m.    Fanny 

Leonard  and  lived  in  Hol- 
land Patent,  New  York. 

IV.  Son,  "June     7,  1788;=       "  ;  d.  June  7,  1788.6 

V.  PoivLY,  "  Aug.  19,  1789;'.^    "      Aug.    30,     1789;*    m.    Elon 

Andrews  and  lived  in  Utica, 
New  York. 

'  Middletown,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  37,  p.  35, 

*  Oneida  County  Deeds,  Vol.  11,  p.  182. 

2  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  2,  p.  212. 

*  Records  of  the  First  Church,  Middletown,  Conn. 

'  John  Cande  family  record,  now  1900,  in  possession  of  Augustus 
Cande  of  Holland  Patent,  New  York. 


166  THE  JOHN  EELLS  FAMILY. 


9. 


Nathaniel  EELLS  {Nathaniel  6,  Samuel  3,  Samuel  2, 
John  i)  was  born  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  September  8, 
1748,'  and  baptized  three  days  later. ^  He  married  February 
22,  1776,'  HULDAH  White,  born  February  10,  1750-51, 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Huldah  {Knowles)  White  of  Middle- 
town.^  Nathaniel  is  said  to  have  been  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War  and  fought  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

The  records  of  the  Connecticut  soldiers  in  that  war  are 
incomplete,  and  it  is  impossible  to  prove  the  accuracy  of 
this  tradition. 

"  At  a  meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  North  Society  in  Middle- 
town  "  held  November  2,  1772  it  was  "  Voted  That  Daniel  Edwards  & 
Nathaniel  Eells  Jun""  Should  Be  Collectors  to  Collect  the  Ministers 
Rate  for  the  Year  Ensueing. ' ' 

The  following  year  the  committee  were  Samuel  Sage  and 
Nathaniel  Eells,  Jr. 

At  the  annual  town  meetings  from  1781  to  1788,  inclu- 
sive, and  also  in  1791,  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  Listers,  a 
Fence  Viewer  in  1794,  and  in  December,  1780,  he  was 
appointed  one  of  a  committee  to  purchase  powder  in  accord- 
ance with  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly. 

By  the  will  of  their  father,  Nathaniel  and  his  brother 
Daniel  inherited  the  real  estate  of  the  former  (see  page  158). 
They  divided  the  homestead  between  them,  Nathaniel  tak- 
ing the  South  half,  on  which  he  resided. 

June  15,  1 79 1,  Nathaniel  sold  his  dwelling  house,  barn 
and  homelot  of  4^  acres  for  ^150.^  Just  where  he  resided 
from  this  date  until  his  removal  to  the  state  of  New  York 
is  unknown. 

'  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  i,  p.  131. 
2  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 
'  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  2,  p.  175. 
^  Middletown,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  30,  p.  12. 


NATHANIEL   EEIvLS.  167 

In  January,  1797,  lie  had  become  a  resident  of  Whites- 
town,  then  in  Herkimer,  now  in  Oneida,  County,  New  York.' 

February  i,  1800,  while  still  a  resident  of  that  town  he 
bought  50  acres  in  lot  26  and  50  acres  in  lot  32  of  township 
12  in  Boylston's  purchase  in  the  town  of  Mexico  then  in 
Oneida  County.''  These  lands  he  sold  in  October,  1801, 
and  in  the  deed  his  residence  is  given  as  Frankfort,  Herkimer 
County.' 

In  January,  1804,  he  was  a  resident  of  that  part  of.  Mar- 
cellus,  Onondaga  County,'  which  in  1830  was  set  off  as  the 
town  of  Skaneateles,  and  this  became  his  final  residence. 

He  was  by  trade  a  wheelwright  and  miller,  and  had 
charge  of  some  mills  at  Skaneateles  which  belonged  to 
Hugh  White,  of  Whitestown. 

Nathaniel  Eells  died  January  7,  1815.^ 

His  widow  Huldah  (White)  Eells  died  August  2,  1830.^ 

ChiIvDREn  of  NaThanieIv  and  HuivDAH  (White)  EeIvI^S. 

I.  NaThaniei,,  b.  Dec.    7,  1776;®  bap.  ;''  m.  Susan  White 

and  lived  in  Whitestown, 
New  York. 

II.  Huldah,         "  June  14,  1778;'*      "    June  21,  1778;'*  m.         Rich- 

ardson and  lived  in  Alex- 
ander, Genesee  County,  New 
York. 

III.  Richard,        "  Aug.  18,  1779;''     "    Aug.  22,  1779;*  died  Aug.  i, 

1830  at  New  Hartford,  New 
York,  unmarried. 

'  Middletown,  Conn.,  Land  Records.,  Vol.  34,  p.  185. 

-  Oneida  County  Deeds,  Vol.  7,  p.  247. 

^  Ibid.,  Vol.  9,  p.  232. 

•*  Onondaga  County  Deeds,  Vol.  I,  p.  100. 

^  Gravestones  in  cemetery  at  Skaneateles,  N.  Y. 

^  Genealogical  Record  of  W.  E.  Abbott  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

'  From  October  12,  1776  to  June  14,  1778,  there  was  a  vacancy  in  the 
pastorate  of  the  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  and  the 
records  for  that  period  are  very  meagre.  This  undoubtedly  accounts 
for  the  absence  of  any  entry  of  Nathaniel's  baptism. 

*  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 


168 


THE  JOHN  EEIvLS   FAMILY. 


IV.      Cl,ARISSA, 


V.     Sylvester,   "  Mar.  13,  1783; 


VI.    Susannah,     "  May    8,  1785; 


VII.  Horace, 


b.  Jan.  31,  1782;'  bap.  Jan.  13,  1782;^  died  Oct.  10, 
1847  at  Leroy,'  Genesee 
County,  New  York,  un- 
married. 

April  27,  1783;^  m.  Mary 
Moss  Hall  and  lived  in  Skan- 
ea teles.  New  York. 
May  29,  1785;^  m.  Jan.  4, 
1803,  Capt.  Moses  Loss'  and 
lived  in  Skaneateles,  New 
York. 
July  5,1789;'  "  July  19,  1789;^  m.  Asenath 
Newton  and  lived  in  Skan- 
eateles, Batavia  and  Alex- 
ander, New  York. 


10. 

Daniel  EELLS  {^Nathaniel  6 ,  Samuel  3 ,  Samuel  2  John  i ) 
was  born  in  the  North  Society  of  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
December  (5?),  1757,'  where  he  was  baptized  December  4, 

I757-' 

According  to  family  tradition  he  was  among  the  Connec- 
ticut troops  which  were  engaged  in  the  siege  of  Boston  in 
1775,  and  is  said  to  have  worked  all  the  night  of  June  16 
building  entrenchments,  but  in  the  morning  being  ordered 
on  a  scouting  expedition  he  was  not  in  the  famous  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill. 

It  is  a  further  tradition  that  in  January,  1776,  he  enlisted 
for  three  months  under  Captain  Jared  Shepard  in  the  regi- 
ment commanded  by  Colonel  James  Wadsworth  for  service 
at  Boston.  Also  that  in  August  of  the  same  year  he  enlisted 
for  three  months  under  Captain  Shepard  and  Colonel  Mat- 
thew Talcott,  and  was  in  the  battle  of  IvOng  Island  August 
27,  and  with  the  troops  in  their  retreat  from  New  York 
City  the  following  month. 


^  Genealogical  Record  of  William  E.  Abbott  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
'  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 


DANIEL  EELLS.  169 

Again,  that  at  some  later  period,  while  on  the  ocean,  he 
was  captured  by  an  English  privateer  and  for  a  long  time 
kept  a  prisoner  on  the  island  of  Bermuda. 

As  confirmatory  of  these  traditions,  the  records  disclose 
that  in  May,  1774,  the  General  Assembly  of  Connecticut 
' '  established ' '  Jared  Shepard  as  Captain  of  ' '  the  fifth 
company  or  train  band  in  the  sixth  regiment.'" 

In  May,  1775,  it  was  enacted  that  the  militia  in  the  towns 
of  Middletown  and  Chatham  should  comprise  one  regiment 
to  be  known  as  the  twenty-third,  and  Matthew  Talcott  was 
appointed  Colonel  thereof.' 

In  January,  1776,  three  regiments  were  raised  in  Connec- 
ticut for  service  until  the  first  of  April  around  Boston.  The 
first  regiment  was  placed  under  the  command  of  Colonel 
James  Wadsworth,  of  Durham.' 

The  General  Assembly  in  March,  1776,  ordered  three  regi- 
ments to  be  formed  from  the  militia  for  service  at  New  York. 
The  second  regiment  under  Colonel  Matthew  Talcott  in- 
cluded ninety  men  from  the  twenty-third  regiment  of  militia.* 

The  rolls  of  the  Connecticut  troops  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  are  incomplete. 

Up  to  this  time  there  has  not  been  discovered  any  oflScial 
record  of  Daniel  Eells's  service. 

Daniel  married,  October  3,  1782,'  MARTHA  HAMLIN, 
born  March  29,  1761,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  I^ucretia 
(Ranney)  Hamlin,"  of  Newfield  Society,  Middletown. 

At  the  annual  town  meeting  in  December,  1780,  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  Hay  ward,  and  was  re-elected  in  1781, 
'82  and  '83.  He  was  chosen  Tythingman  in  1783  and  '85 
and  Grand  Juror  in  1788  and  '89. 

Daniel  and  his  brother  Nathaniel  divided  between  them 
the  real  estate  devised  to  them  by  their  father.     As  a  part 

^  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,  Vol.  14,  p.  272. 

'  Ibid.,  "Vol.  15,  pp.  12  and  43.  '  Ibid.,  Vol.  15,  p.  228. 

■*  Ibid.,  Vol.  15,  p.  250. 

'  Middletown,  Conn.,  First  Church  Records. 

*  Middletown,  Conn.,  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  Vol.  2,  p.  255. 


170  THE  JOHN  EELLS   FAMIIvY. 

of  his  share  Daniel  took  the  North  half  of  the  homestead. 
This  was  also  Daniel's  residence,  and  is  so  stated  in  the 
deed  of  sale  thereof  to  John  Williams  May  26,  1795,  the 
consideration  being  ^330.' 

January  2,  1796,  "  Daniel  Eells  of  Middletown  in  the 
County  of  Middlesex  and  State  of  Connecticut ' '  purchased 
of  Samuel  Hall  of  Herkimer  County,  New  York,  for  ^300, 
"  lawfull  money  of  the  State  of  New  York,"  150  acres  of 
land  in  Herkimer  County,  being  part  of  lot  number  4  of 
the  lands  granted  in  the  patent  to  William  Bayard  and 
others,  and  commonly  known  as  the  Freemasons'  Patent.^ 

He  evidently  removed  at  once  to  the  state  of  New  York, 
and  is  said  to  have  resided  for  several  months  in  the  town 
of  Bridgewater.  The  lands  purchased  by  him  of  Samuel 
Hall  were  situated  in  the  town  of  Whitestown,  which  at 
that  date  covered  a  very  large  territory,  and  in  January, 
1797,  he  had  become  a  resident  of  that  town.'  At  different 
times  thereafter  he  added  to  his  original  purchase. 

In  1798  Herkimer  County  was  divided,  the  county  of 
Oneida,  including  Whitestown,  being  formed  therefrom. 
In  1827  by  the  division  of  Whitestown  his  lands  became 
part  of  New  Hartford,  in  which  town  he  passed  the  remain- 
der of  his  life. 

He  was  by  trade  a  cooper,  and  this  business  he  carried 
on  in  connection  with  his  farm. 

Daniel  Eells  and  his  wife  Martha  were  buried  in  the 
graveyard  on  South  street  in  the  village  of  New  Hartford, 
where  their  stones  of  white  marble  ornamented  with  urn 
and  weeping  willows,  bear  these  inscriptions  : 

In 

Memory  of 

DANIEI.  EELLS, 

who  died 

JULY  17,  185 1 ; 

Aged  94  years. 

^  Middletown,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  32,  p.  257. 

^  Oneida  County  Deeds,  Vol.  13,  p.  604. 

^  Middletown,  Conn.,  Land  Records,  Vol.  34,  p.  184. 


DANIEL  EELIvS. 


171 


In 

Memory  of 

MARTHA 

wife  of  Daniel  EELLS 

who  died 

May  26'  1834,  ^T, 

73  years 

Jesus  said  "  I  am  the  resurrection  and  the 

life;  he  that  believeth  in  me  though  he  were 

dead  yet  shall  he  live:"  John  11'  25— 


II.       Robert,      "  July   26,  1785;' 


III. 


Children  of  Daniel  and  Martha  (Hamlin)  Eells. 
Born  in  Middletown,  Conn. 

William,    b.  July   27,  1783;^  bap.  Oct.   10,    1784;'  m.  Nov.  8, 

1 8 10,  Nancy  Savage  and 
lived  in  Whitestown,  New 
York.i 

July  31,  1785;^  m.  Oct.  16, 
1816,  Rebecca  Kilborn  Hatch 
and  lived  in  Kirkland  Vil- 
lage, town  of  Kirkland,  and 
later  in  the  town  of  West- 
moreland, Oneida  County, 
New  York.^ 

;  m.  Mar.  7,  1811,  Paul 
Abbott  and  lived  in  Low- 
ville,  Lewis  County,  New 
York.i 

Aug.  29,  1790;*  m.  Jan.  14, 
1 81 9,  Samuel  E.  Johnson 
and  lived  in  New  Hartford, 
New  York  and  Cleveland, 
Ohio.' 

Nov.  4,  1792;*  m.  Jan.  17, 
1840,  Tillinghast  Simmons 
and  lived  in  Paris,  Oneida 
County,  New  York.^ 


Patty,        "  Oct.   26,  1787;' 


IV.      Eanny,        "  June  28,  1790;' 


V.       Nancy, 


Oct.     8,  1792;' 


1  Genealogical  Record  of  William  E.  Abbott  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
*  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 


173 


THE  JOHN   EELLS  FAMILY. 


VI.      LuCRBTiA,  b.  Nov.  30,  1794;'  bap.  Dec.  7,  1794;'  lived  in  New 

Hartford,  New  York  and 
died  Aug.  26,  1865;'  unmar- 
ried.^ 


Born  in  the  State  of  New  York. 


VII.  DaniEIv, 

VIII.  DanieIv, 


IX.      Mary, 


b.  Nov.  22,  1797;^  bap 
"  Sept.  12,  1799;'     " 


Oct.     5,  1801;' 


;  d.  Aug.  ,  1798.^ 
;  m.  Nov.  19,  1823  Emily 
Langdon  Goodrich  and  lived 
in  Constableville,  Lewis 
County,  New  York,  and 
Elyria,  Ohio.^ 

;  m.  Oct.  25,  1831,  Edwin 
Miller  and  lived  in  Con- 
stableville, Lewis  County, 
New  York,  and  Elyria, 
Ohio.! 


^  Genealogical  Record  of  William  E.  Abbott  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

*  Cromwell,  Conn.,  Congregational  Church  Records. 

*  Of  the  children  that  lived  to  maturity,  this  was  the  first  death, 
and  the  ages  of  the  eight  at  this  date  aggregated  584  years. 


LENTHALL    PEDIGREE. 

Lenthall  = 


The  dates  of  birtli  of  this  family  being  uiilcnown 
Uiey  are  arranged  in  the  order  in  which  they  are 
mentioned  in  Robert  Lenthall's  will. 


Date  and  place  of  birth 
and  pfiretitage  all  un- 
known.     Buried   July 


—^ —Rev.  Robert  Lenthall  ^=^^^— _— 

Dales  and  places  of  birth  and  marriage  aud 
names  of  parents  all  unknown.  A  resident 
of  Weymouth,  Mass.,  and  Newport,  R.  I.. 
1637  to  1641.  Returned  to  England  and  was 
minister  of  Barnes,  County  Surrey.  1649  to 
death,  which  occurred  between  May  10  and 


Margaret 

Date  and  place  of  birth 
and  parentage  all  un- 


=  Thomas  I^ughtoii 
A  resident  of  Lynn, 
Mass.,  in  Oct.  1649. 


Living  Sept.  3,  1658. 


Died  at  Milford,  Conn..  I-'eb. 


May  3,  164a.  Married  Aug,  5, 
166.V  DiedatHiogham,  Mass., 
April  21,  1709. 


ri  I  M  I  I  in 


THE    LENTHALL   FAMILY 


"  The  History  and  Antiquities  of  the  County  of  Bucking- 
ham "  by  George  Lipscomb,  M.D.,  printed  at  London  in 
1847,  states  that  a  Robert  Lenthall  was  Vicar  of  Great 
Missenden  from  June  28,  1604,  until  after  161 7,  that 
another  man  of  the  same  name  was  presented  with  the  liv- 
ing in  1627,  and  that  his  successor,  Byran  Emmott,  was 
instituted  May  10,  1638. 

A  Robert  Lenthall  was  Rector  of  Aston  Sandford  from 
October  18,  1627,  to  about  August  12,  1643,  when  his 
successor  was  instituted. 

Also  one  of  that  name  became  Rector  of  Great  Hampden 
November  30,  1643,  and  an  entry  on  the  Church  records 
would  indicate  that  he  died  in  1647.  His  successor,  John 
Sanderson,  was  instituted  January  4,  1660. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  evidence  given  later,  that 
Robert  Lenthall,  the  father-in-law  of  Samuel  Eells, 
could  not  have  been  the  Rector  of  Aston  Sandford,  and 
whether  he  held  any  of  these  positions  can  only  be  deter- 
mined after  further  search. 

The  Registers  of  the  Great  Missenden  Church  are  missing 
prior  to  1678.  From  the  transcripts  preserved  among  the 
Diocesan  records  at  Lincoln  the  following  extracts  are 
taken  : 

' '  The  Register  of  y«  names  of  those  w'^^  have  bin  Babtised  in  the 
Church  of  great  Missenden  in  y®  County  of  Bucks  in  y®  yeare  of  the 
Lord  1605  " 

' '  Baptised 

****** 

September  *  * 

Elizabeth  I^eynthall  daughf  of  Rob'  Leynthall  y"  19  day." 

(Signed)  "Robert  Lenthall 

Thomas  Winter!      x.       u        a        >» 
>  churchwardens.  ' 
Thomas  Grace   J 


174  THE  JOHN  EBLIvS  FAMILY. 

' '  The  Register  of  greate  Missenden  in  y^  of  Buck  for  y'  year  of  o' 
Lord  1614. 

The  names  of  those  w^'^  have  bin  baptised 
*  *  *  *  * 

November 
Jane  y"  daughter  of  Robert  Leynthall  ~) 

*****  I  ^yej-e  baptised  on  the  27. 

*****  \ 

Robert  Leynthall  Minister 

John  Putnam  I 
/  /  /  I 

,  .  !*    Churchwardens." 

his  m''ke 

Edward  Lane  J 

The  Parish  Registers  of  Great  Hampden  from  1557  to 
181 2  have  been  edited  by  B.  A.  Kbble white  and  were 
printed  in  1888.  We  take  these  extracts  from  the  printed 
work. 

On  page  3  of  the  Preface  : 

"  From  1608  to  1636  the  entries  are  in  the  handwriting  of  Egeon 
Askew,  the  Rector,  and  from  1637  to  1641  in  that  of  his  successor  Mr. 
Spurstow.  For  the  next  few  years  we  have  the  notes  of  Robert 
Leuthall,  and  during  the  Commonwealth  the  entries  were  chiefly 
made  by  Thomas  Walker,  Registrar. ' ' 

Also  on  page  10  : 

"  The  entries  in  the  'Old  Register '  to  the  number  of  three  thousand, 
include  many  of  historical  interest,  at  the  head  of  which  stands  the 
burial  of  John  Hampden  the  Patriot  (p.  77).  Much  controversy  has 
taken  place  respecting  this  entry,  and  at  times  its  authenticity  has 
been  doubted.  Although  it  must  be  admitted  that  the  line  has  the 
appearance  of  an  interpolation,  it  will  be  seen,  on  careful  examination, 
that  the  handwriting  is  identical  with  the  other  burials  of  1643. 
Robert  Lenthall  was  formally  inducted  on  the  30th  November,  and 
has  recorded  this  fact  prior  to  the  record  of  the  Patriot's  and  other 
burials  which  took  place  earlier  in  the  year.  As  I  have  stated  on  page 
174,  this  Rector  had  no  doubt  officiated  on  these  occasions,  though, 
owing  to  the  troublous  times,  he  had  not  entered  the  fact  until  later 
in  the  year.  Lenthall  was  only  two  years  Hampden's  junior,  and  it 
is  not  unlikely  that  he  may  have  been  at  Thame  Grammar  School 
with  him.     The  two  families  were  connected  distantly,  at  least  by 


LENTHAIvL  NOTES.  175 

marriage,  but  still  more  closely,  perhaps,  as  friends  and  neighbours, 
and  by  identity  in  education  and  politics." 

On  page  19  of  the  Register  under  date  of  1625  is  entered: 

"Mary  Weston,  daughter  of  Isaac  Weston  and  Jone  his  wife  of 
great  Missenden  parish  was  upo'  i-equest  of  Mr.  Lenthall,  Vicar  of 
Missenden  baptised  at  Hampden  the  4th  day  of  Septemb.  anno  D'ni 
p'dict." 

On  page  23  under  date  of  1643  we  find  : 

"Robert  Lenthall,  Rector,  inducted  y«  2,0^^  of  November." 

The  last  baptism  in  1647  was  on  June  9  and  immediately 
following  is  the  attestation  of  "Robert  lyenthall,  Rector." 

The  record  of  burials  begins  with  the  year  1557.  On 
page  77  appear  those  for  1642  following  which  is  entered 
"Robert  Lenthall,  Rector,  Nove'b  :  30,  1643."  Then  is 
entered  the  year  "  1643  "  and  underneath 

"N.  B.  John  Hampden  Esquire  Lord  of  Hampden  Buried  June 
as"'." 

On  page  78  we  find  : 

"  1647  " 
"N.  B.  My  daughter  Sarah  Lenthall  was  buried  y^  eleventh  day  of 
August  An  :  supra,  she  came  fro'  London  to  Wickham  &  on  ye 
Saturday  only  to  see  us  &  so  to  returne  y"  morrow  in  y"  after- 
nocne  to  Wickham  againe,  but  then  fell  sick  &  on  Wednesday 
morning  following  being  y^  ii"'  of  Aug  :  about  an  howre  before 
Sun  rise  dyed  of  y"  sicknes  &  so  in  y"'  Evening  we  buried  her 
in  y  meade  called  y"  kitchen  meade  by  y^  hedgeside  as  you  go 
downe  into  it  on  yo--  left  hand,  a  little  below  y"  pond  at  y" 
enterance  into  y«  meade  :  She  was  aged  14  yeares,  eleven 
moneths  &  seaventeeue  dayes —  had  she  lived  to  Bartholomew 
day  she  had  bin  full  15  yeares  of  age. 
Susanna  Lenthall  my  wife  dep'ted  this  life  Thursday  evening 
about  eight  a  clock  y  26  of  August  she  died  of  y*'  sicknes  com- 
fortably &  in  peace  &  was  buried  y«  27  by  hir  daughter  Sara. 
John  Gardiner  a  childe  y*  lived  in  my  house  died  of  y"  sicknes  & 

was  buried  August  y*  29th. 
Adrian  Lenthall  my  sonne  a  hopefuU  yong  man  &  neere  one 
&  twenty  yeares  of  age  dep'ted  this  life,  of  y^  sicknes,  Thurs- 


176  THE  JOHN  EEIvIvS  FAMILY. 

day  morning,   a  little  before  day  breake  &  was  buried  at  y» 
head   of    sister    Sara's    grave  y«   same   day,    being   y«=   2""*   of 
Septe'b : 
My  cosen  John  Pickering  a  lad  about  13  yeares  of  age,  dying  of 
ye  sicknes,  was  buried  y«  25  of  Septemb  :   1647. 

Robert  Lenthall,  Rector." 

Following  this  sad  record  of  the  Rector's  family  is  a 
burial  on  "  26  of  ffeb  :  1647,"  then  appear  a  few  entries  in 
1648  and  1649  all  of  which  seem  to  have  been  attested  by 
"  Thomas  Walker  Regester  of  Great  Hampden  1654." 

The  only  marriage  in  1643  entered  on  page  113  is  headed 
by  this  entr>'  : 

"  Robert  Lenthall,  Rector,  Nove'b  :  30,  1643." 

On  page  153  is, 

"An  Ace'  of  y«  Rect"  of  G'  Hampden  collected  partly  f"  the 
Register  &  in  part  f™  very  aged  people  w™  y"  fathers  had  told,  1764." 

The  fourth  name  in  the  list  is  that  of, 

"  W'"  Spurstow,  &  one  of  those  Heroes  who  wrote  ag'  y«  Ch'h  & 
Establishm': — they  were  five  in  Number  (viz)  Steph  :  Marshall, 
Edm'^  Calamy,  Tho^  Young,  Matthew  New  Comen  &  y«  above  W" 
Spurstow."     *    *     *     * 

"  This  Worthy  continued  till  1642,  w°  (ace's  to  y«  Phrase  of  the 
Times)  God  gave  Him  a  Call  to  a  far  Greater  Living. 

Robert  Lenthall  (a  suppos'd  Relation  of  y'  Speaker's)  succeeded  y* 
above  &  continued  till  y*  Year  1647  (see  y"  dreadfull  &  uncom'on  Fate 
of  His  whole  Family,  in  y*  Year,  in  y^  Register  &  in  His  own  Hand 
Writing)  when  He  had  y*"  like  Call  as  above." 

Appended  to  the  Register  and  preceding  the  Index  is  a 
"  lyist  of  Rectors,  &c."  compiled  by  the  Editor  from  various 
sources  from  which  we  quote  : 

"Robert  Lenthall  ('a  suppos'd  Relation  of  y«  Speaker's',  p.  154) 
was  inducted  30  Nov.  1643  (pp.  23,  77  and  113),  though,  it  is  evident, 
from  the  entries  on  page  77,  that  he  had  been  in  charge  of  the  parish 
for  some  months  previous,  and  that  he  officiated  at  the  burial  of  the 
Patriot  on  the  25th  of  June,  1643.  He  had  previously  been  Vicar  of 
Great  Missenden,  to  which  he  was  presented  by  Sir  William  Fleet- 
wood,  Knt,  in  1627.     By  his  wife  Susanna  (who  died  26   and  was 


LENTHALL  NOTES.  177 

buried  27  Aug.  1647)  he  had  two  children  :  Adrian  who  died  2  Sept. 
1647  aet.  21,  and  was  buried  the  same  day  ;  and  Sarah  who  died  11 
Aug.  1647  aet.  15,  and  was  buried  the  same  day.  In  addition  to  his 
wife  and  children,  the  unfortunate  Rector  lost  by  the  plague  his  cousin 
John  Pickering,  and  a  child  that  lived  in  the  house  named  John 
Gardiner,  both  of  whom  were  buried  in  the  same  year  1647,  as  appears 
by  the  entries  in  the  Rector's  handwriting  (see  p.  78).  He  married  a 
second  time,  and  eventually  died  as  Rector  of  Barnes,  Co.  Surrey, 
in  1658." 

The  following  extracts  are  taken  from 

"Chancery  Proceedings,  Bills  and  Answers." 

Elizabeth,  Bundle  L,  10,  number  66,  Covdell  4 

To  the  R'.  Hon.  Sir  Thomas  Brumley,  Kt.,  Lord 
^5^6  Chancellor  of  England. 

Bill  of  Complaint  of  Willm.  Leuthall  of  Lacheford,  Co.  Oxford, 
Esq.,  that  whereas  the  Dean  &  Canons  of  her  Ma''«^  chapel  of  St. 
George  in  the  Castle  of  Windsor,  Co.  Berks  by  deed  dated  30  October, 
30  Hen.  VIII  let  to  one  William  Lechlade  of  Hadua,  Co.  Bucks,  hus- 
bandman, for  30  years  from  1556  the  Manor  of  Hasely  Magna  in  said 
Co.  Oxon.  with  certain  exceptions  &  by  other  deed  dated  2  Oct.,  3  &  4 
Phillip  &  Mary  certain  lands  to  one  John  Oglethorp  (not  John  Ogle- 
thorp  late  of  Newington,  Esq.  deC*.)  &  by  other  deed  of  7  June,  9 
Eliz.  to  John  Tamwoth,  Esq.  said  leases  conve)'ed  to  yo'  orator  now 
by  contriving  with  one  Abraham  Horseman  &  Edward  Wyegate  by 
divers  pretended  leases  seek  to  dispossess  yo'^  orator  &c. 

With  Answer  of  William  Daye,  deane  of  Wyndsore. 

Before  1714,  Bridges  I.  Bundle  3,  number  107. 

27  NOV.   1649  To  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Lords  Com". 

Bill  of  Compl't.  of  John  Lenthall  of  Sydbury  in  Co.  Devon,  gent. 
Adm'.  of  the  Goods  &c.  of  Jane  Lenthall  widow  dec'',  during  the 
minority  of  Richard  &  Thomas  Lenthall  her  children  then  infants 
the  eldest  not  above  10  yrs.  of  age.  Whereas  Thomas  fford  of 
Aishbarton  in  Co.  Devon,  Esq.  dec'',  grandfather  of  sd.  Richard  & 
Thomas  &  father  of  Jane  their  late  mother  at  time  of  his  decease  was 
indebted  to  one  Alfride  Denband  of  Aishberton,  John  Standen  of 
Stauerton,  Richard  Langworthy  of  Newton  Abbott,  John  Syms  & 
Rolph  Browne  in  divers  sums  of  money  &  to  Richard  Lenthall,  Gent, 
late  of  Aishberton,  gent,  father  of  sd.  infants  also  dec**,  in  ;^ioo  part 
of  the  marriage  portion  of  sd.  Jane  which  sd.  Thomas  flFord  had 
promised  Sd.  Thomas  fford  about  10  Charles  made  his  last  will  & 


178  THE  JOHN   EELIvS   FAMILY. 

appointed  Thomas  fford  his  eldest  son  now  also  deC^.  uncle  to  sd. 
infants  his  Ex"^  &  appointed  in  a  codicil  that  his  debts  should  be 
paid  &  the  money  to  be  raised  out  of  certain  lands  specified  in  his 
own  occupation  &  in  occupation  of  Walter  Cater  &c.  Now  Edward 
fford  son  of  sd.  Thomas  refuseth  to  pay  sayd  ^loo  &c. 

With  Answer  of  Edward  fford  for  himself  &  John  fford  his  son  an 
infant. 

Before  1714,  Bridges  I.  Bundle  32. 

To  the  Rt,  Hon"''^  the  L,ords  Commissioners  for  the 
8  OCT.  1656  jr-geping  of  the  greate  Scale  of  England. 
Bill  of  Complaint  of  Sir  John  L,enthall,  Knt.  Marshall  of  the 
Marshallsey  of  the  Upper  Bench.  That  one  Henry  Martyn  was 
bounden  to  one  Robert  Grey,  Citizen  of  London,  in  ^1000  for  pay- 
ment of  ;[^500  &  sayd  Grey  died  intestate  &  one  Symon  Middleton 
Citizen  of  London  &  Mary  his  wife  a  pretended  Kinsman  of  sayd 
Robert  Grey  obtained  letters  of  administration  &c.  &  after  said  Mary 
died  &  said  letters  were  determined  &  administration  granted  to 
Willm.  Clotworthy,  gent,  a  near  Kinsman  of  sd.  Grey  yet  sd.  Mid- 
dleton pretended  he  had  still  administration  of  the  estate  &  threaten 'd 
Said  Martyn  with  an  action  in  respect  of  said  Bond  &  caused  him  to 
be  arrested  &  Said  Clotworthy  gave  yo'.  orator  acquaintance  with  his 
administration,  yet  Sayd  Middleton  threatens  suit  at  law  against  yo'. 
sd.  orator  &c. 

With  Answer  of  Simon  Middleton,  citizen  &  goldsmith,  of  London 
&  Edward  Smith  his  Solicitor  def'ts. 

Before  1714,  Bridges  I.  Bundle  32. 

^  ,     To  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Com''  for  the  Keeping  of  the 
25  NOV.  1656  „     ,       ^  ^     ,      1 

Greate  Scale  of  England. 

Bill  of  Compl't  of  William  Lenthall,  Esq.  Master  of  the  Rolls  & 
Edmond  Lenthall  of  Great  Haseley,  Co.  Oxon,  Esq.  That  S^  Edmond 
Lenthall  late  of  Latchford  in  sd.  Co.  Oxon.,  Kt.  dec^.  was  possessed 
for  a  certain  number  of  years  of  the  Manor  of  Great  Haseley  &  a 
certain  meadow  parcel  of  the  lands  of  sd.  Manor  &  by  deed  23  May, 
8  Charles  assigned  to  yo^  orator  William  Lenthall  &  To  S^  Richard 
Tetchburn,  Kt.  S^  Arthur  Lake,  Kt.  &  Charles  Mordaunt,  Esq.  since 
all  dec<*.  the  sd.  Manor  for  residue  of  sd.  term  &c  in  trust  for  your 
sd.  orator  Edmond  &  by  survivorship  your  orator  William  became 
solely  possessed  of  sd.  Manor  &c.  But  now  one  Edward  Smyth  of 
Greate  Hasely,  yeoman,  hath  entered  into  the  sd.  close  of  meadow  &c. 
claiming  a  pretended  lease  precedent  to  sd.  assignment  &c. 

With  Answer  &  demurrer  of  Edward  Smith,  19  Jan'y  1656. 


LENTHALL  NOTES.  179 

Before  17 14,  Bridges  I.  Bundle  39. 

,^      To  the  Rt.  Hon.  Edward,  Earle  of  Clarendon,  Lord 
14  NOV.  1661  ,  ^     ,      , 

Cnancellor  of  England. 

Bill  of  Complaint  of  Sir  John  Lenthall  of  parish  of  St.  George  the 
Martyr  in  Southwark  in  Co.  Surry,  Knt.  &  Thomas  Lenthall  of  sd. 
parish,  Esq.  &  Henry  Gilburne  of  Wolledge  in  Co.  Kent.  Esq.  Thet 
fifrancis  Ewre  of  Bucknell,  Co.  Oxon.,  Esq.  indebted  to  yo^  orat"'  Sir 
John  Lenthall  in  £1000  by  deed  12  Aug.  1656  sold  the  moiety  of  the 
Manor  of  Odington,  Co.  Oxon.  &  by  Deed  i  Feby  1656  the  Manor  of 
Bucknell  &  diners  messuages  lands  &c.  in  Bucknell  &  said  Gilburne 
&  Thomas  Lenthall  became  possessed  of  sd.  messuages  lands  &c. 
in  trust  for  the  said  Sir  John  &c.  but  the  said  ffrances  Ewre  com- 
bining with  one  William  Jones  of  Nas^e,  Co.  Glouc,  Esq.  &  Samuel 
Trotman  of  the  Inner  Temple,  Esq.  &  John  Penrice  of  Lincolnes 
Inn,  Esq.  to  defraud  yo^  Orators  &  detain  the  rents  of  sd.  Manno', 
lands  &c.  &  having  Gotten  possession  of  the  Deeds  &c.  refuse  to 
deliver  up  said  lands,  rents  &c. 

Edward  Ewre  father  of  sayd  fifrancis  mentioned  with  Answer  of 
Def'ts. 

Before  17 14,  Bridges  I.  Bundle  40. 

_    ,.       To  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Earl  of  Clarendon,  Lord  High 
13  TUNE  1662      ^,  „         ^  ^      ,      , 

Chancellor  of  England. 

Bill  of  Complaint  of  Thomas  Trott  of  the  Middle  Temple,  Gent. 
Whereas  James  Wood,  Esq.  dec'',  in  1657  a  prisoner  in  the  Kings 
Bench  under  the  Custody  of  S^  John  Lenthall,  K*.  Marshall  of  said 
prison.  Yo''  orator  managing  the  aflfairs  of  the  said  Wood  &c.  sd. 
Wood  Gave  a  bond  against  his  escape  &c.  One  John  Godfrey  obtained 
a  bond  against  sd.  Wood  &  brought  an  action  against  him.  said  Wood 
died  in  prison  &c.  Now  sd.  S^  John  Lenthall  combining  with  others 
to  force  the  penalty  of  said  bond  from  yo'.  orator  &c. 

With  Answer  of  Sir  John  Lenthall  &  Thomas  ffountaine  def'ts. 

Owing  to  the  lack  of  Town  records  at  Weymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, before  1641,  and  of  Church  records  before  1700, 
it  is  impossible  to  determine  the  precise  date  when  Rev. 
Robert  L,enthall  became  a  resident  of  the  town,  but  from 
the  following  extracts  we  learn  that  he  was  there  in  1638. 

"  AGenerall  Court,  held  at  Newetowne,  the  2*^  Day  of  the  9'^  Mo, 
@  1637." 

"  For  as  much  as  this  Court  hath  bene  informed  of  great  dissen- 
tions  growen  in  the  towne  of  Waymoth,  through  the  procurement 


180  THE  JOHN   EELIvS  FAMILY. 

of  some  contentious  psons,  for  the  speedy  redresse  thereof,  it  is 
ordered,  that  the  Go'nor  or  Deputy  Gov'^no'',  being  assisted  w"'  some 
other  of  the  magistrates,  shall  fourth  w"'  call  before  them  such  parties 
as  they  shall  thinke  fitt,  &  shall  take  such  course  for  the  peace  of  the 
towne  &  the  well  ordering  of  all  aflfaires  there,  as  to  their  wisdomes 
shall  seeme  most  expedient./"  ' 

' '  A  Generall  Courte,  houlden  at  Boston,  the  13""  of  the  First  Month, 
@  1638." 

"John  Smyth,  for  disturbing  the  publike  peace  by  combineing  w*"^ 
others  to  hinder  the  orderly  gathering  of  a  church  at  Waymoth,  & 
to  set  vp  another  there,  contrary  to  the  orders  heare  established  & 
the  constant  practise  of  all  our  churches,  &  for  vndewe  pcureing 
the  hands  of  many  to  a  blank  for  that  purpose,  is  fined  20'  &  coin- 
itted  during  the  pleasure  of  Court  or  the  counsell./ 

Rich''d  Silvester,  for  going  w""  Smyth  to  get  hands  to  a  blanke, 
was  disfranchised  &  fined  2^/  " 

"M"'.  Rob''t  Lenthall,  vpon  his  free  acknowledgment  vnder  his 
hand  given  into  the  Court,  was  appointed  to  appeare  at  the  next  court, 
&  enioyned  to  acknowledg  his  fault,  &  give  satisfaction  to  the  church 
at  Waymoth,  &  to  give  a  coppey  (of  that  hee  gave  into  the  Court)  to 
the  church  of  Waymoth. ' '  "^ 

John  Winthrop,  Governor  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay- 
Colony,  in  his  History  of  New  England,  in  writing  of  this 
matter  under  date  of  1638,  saj^s  : 

"A  church  was  gathered  at  Weymouth  with  approbation  of  the 
magistrates  and  elders.  It  is  observable,  this  church,  having  been 
gathered  before,  and  so  that  of  Lynn,  could  not  hold  together,  nor 
could  have  any  elders  join  or  hold  with  them.  The  reason  appeared 
to  be,  because  they  did  not  begin  according  to  the  rule  of  the  gospel, 
which  when  Lynn  had  found  and  humbled  themselves  for  it,  and 
began  again  upon  a  new  foundation,  they  went  on  with  a  blessing. 

The  people  of  this  town  of  Weymouth  had  invited  one  Mr. 
LenthalP  to  come  to  them,  with  intention  to  call  him  to  be  their  min- 

1  "Records  of  Massachusetts,"  Vol.  i,  pp.  205,  217. 

«  Ibid.,  pp.  250,  252,  254. 

3  "  Hubbard,  275,  carefully  copies  his  master,  but  neglects  to  enlarge 
our  knowledge  of  this  clergyman.  I  learn  from  Lechford,  that  he, 
soon  after,  found  him  at  Newport,  'out  of  office  and  employment 
and  lives  very  poorly.'  From  the  proceedings  in  our  Colony  Records, 
I.  241,  we  find  his  name  of  baptism  was  Robert.  Calleuder,  62,  gives 
all  the  further  information  that  can  be  obtained,  and  confirms  my 


IvENTHALL  NOTES.  .  181 

ister.  This  man,  though  of  good  report  in  England,  coming  hither, 
was  found  to  have  drank  in  some  of  Mrs.  Hutchinson's  opinions,  as 
of  justification  before  faith,  etc.,  and  opposed  the  gathering  of  our 
churches  in  such  a  way  of  mutual  stipulation  as  was  practised  among 
us.  From  the  former  he  was  soon  taken  oflF  upon  conference  with 
Mr.  Cotton  ;  but  he  stuck  close  to  the  other,  that  only  baptism  was 
the  door  of  entrance  into  the  church,  etc.,  so  as  the  common  sort  of 
people  did  eagerly  embrace  his  opinions,  and  some  labored  to  get  such 
a  church  on  foot  as  all  baptized  ones  might  communicate  in  without 
any  further  trial  of  them,  etc.  For  this  end  they  procured  many 
.hands  in  Weymouth  to  a  blank,  intending  to  have  Mr.  Lenthall's 
advice  to  the  frame  of  their  call ;  and  he  likewise  was  very  forward  to 
become  a  minister  to  them  in  such  a  way,  and  did  openly  maintain 
the  cause.  But  the  magistrates,  hearing  of  this  disturbance  and 
combination,  thought  it  needful  to  stop  it  betimes,  and  ergo  they 
called  Mr.  Lenthall,  and  some  of  the  chief  of  the  faction,  to  the  next 
general  court  in  the  i  month,  where  Mr  Lenthall,  having  before  con- 
ferred with  some  of  the  magistrates  and  of  the  elders,  and  being 
convinced  both  of  his  error  in  judgment,  and  of  his  sin  in  practice  to 
the  disturbance  of  our  peace,  etc.,  did  openly  and  freely  retract,  with 
expression  of  much  grief  of  heart  for  his  oifence,  and  did  deliver  his 
retraction  in  writing,  under  his  hand,  in  the  open  court ;  whereupon 
he  was  enjoined  to  appear  at  the  next  court,  and  in  the  meantime  to 
make  and  deliver  the  like  recantation  in  some  public  assembly  at 
Weymouth.  So  the  court  stopped  for  any  further  censure  by  fine,  or 
etc.,  though  it  was  much  urged  by  some. 

At  the  same  court  one  Smith  was  convicted  and  fined  £10  for  being 
a  chief  stirrer  in  the  business ;  and  one  Silvester  was  disfranchised ; 
and  one  Britton,  who  had  spoken  reproachfully  of  the  answer,  vv^hich 

conjecture  that  he  returned  home:  'They  procured  [for  a  religious 
teacher]  Mr.  Lenthal  of  Weymouth,  who  was  admitted  a  freeman 
here  August  6,  1640.  And,  August  20,  Mr.  Lenthal  was  by  vote 
called  to  keep  a  public  school  for  the  learning  of  youth,  and  for  his 
encouragement  there  was  granted  to  him  and  his  heirs  one  hundred 
acres  of  land,  and  four  more  for  an  house  lot.  It  was  also  voted, 
that  one  hundred  acres  should  be  laid  forth,  and  appropriated  for  a 
school,  for  encouragement  of  the  poorer  sort  to  train  up  their  youth 
in  learning ;  and  Mr.  Robert  Iventhal,  while  he  continues  to  teach 
school,  is  to  have  the  benefit  thereof.  But  this  gentleman  did  not 
tarry  here  very  long.  I  find  him  gone  to  England  the  next  year  but 
one.'  It  seems,  the  New  Lights  of  Rhode  Island  were  willing  to 
have  advantage  of  the  old  light. ' ' 


182  THE  JOHN  EELLS   FAMILY. 

was  sent  to  Mr.  Barnard  his  book  against  our  church  covenant,  and 
of  some  of  our  elders,  and  had  sided  with  Mr.  I,enthall,  etc.,  was 
openly  whipped,  because  he  had  no  estate  to  answer,  etc."  ' 

Thomas  I^echford,  a  lawyer  from  England,  was  a  resident 
of  Boston  from  1638  to  1641,  when  he  returned  to  England. 
His  short  residence  in  this  country  is  accounted  for  by  the 
fact  that  he  differed  in  his  theological  views  from  the  min- 
isters and  other  chief  men  of  the  colonies.  Not  being  con- 
tent with  holding  such  different  views,  he  put  them  in  book 
form  for  general  reading,  which  action  made  him  very 
obnoxious. 

Thomas  Dudley,  in  a  letter  to  Governor  John  Winthrop, 
dated  "  Rocksbury  dec.  11,  1638."  writes  regarding  the 
work  : 

"I  heare  that  M""  Cotton  &  M''  Rogers  know  somethinge  of  the 
matter,  or  man,  w""  whome  you  may  if  you  please  conferre  :  I  heare 
also  that  hee  favoureth  M'  Lentall  &  hath  so  exprest  himselfe  since 
M"'  Lentall  was  questyoned  by  the  ministers  :"  ' 

This  reference  to  a  questioning  of  Mr.  I^entall  by  the 
ministers  evidently  relates  to  : 

' '  A  disputation  held  at  Dorchester  at  Captayne  Staughtons  betweene 
Mr.  Lentall  &  the  rest  of  the  Elders  of  the  Bay  about  some  Tenets 
y*  Mr.  Lentall  held.     Month  11  &  lo""  1638." 

Notes  of  the  questions  and  answers  regarding  the  points 
discussed  at  this  interview  were  taken  by  Captain  Robert 
Keayne,  of  Boston,  who  was  evidently  present. 

Rev.  Ezra  Stiles,  for  many  years  President  of  Yale  Col- 
lege, made  a  copy  of  the  Keayne  manuscript  on  August  10, 
177 1.  This  copy,  preserved  among  the  Stiles  papers  in 
Yale  University  Library,  is  the  only  known  record  of  the 

'  "  History  of  New  England  "  by  John  Winthrop  edited  by  James 
Savage,  third  edition,  1853,  Vol.  i,  p.  346.  See  also  "An  Historical 
Discourse  on  the  Civil  and  Religious  Affairs  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode 
Island  and  Providence  Plantations"  by  John  Callender,  1739,  edited 
by  Romeo  Elton,  3rd  edition,  1843,  p.  116. 

*  Mass.  Historical  Society  Proceedings,  Vol.  3,  p.  311. 


LENTHALL  NOTES.  183 

conference  now  extant,  tlie  original  manuscript  having  long 
since  disappeared. 

In  the  course  of  the  conference  Mr.  I^enthall  makes  this 
statement  : 

"  I  was  for  witnessing  to  the  Truth,  unjustly  cast  out  of  my  place, 
to  wch  I  was  called  by  the  people,  with  whom  we  sweetly  agreed. 
Now  some  of  my  people  came  over  to  N.  E  befor  me,  &  more  I  do 
expect ;  &  thease  I  take  for  my  people,  and  hear  we  desire  to  reforme 
ourselves  &  to  goe  on  according  to  the  Custome  of  the  churches  hear, 
but  whether  thear  be  a  Nullity  of  my  first  Ordination. » 

The  subjects  gone  over  at  this  disputation  related  to 
church  government  and  religious  belief.  There  is  nothing 
in  the  manuscript  to  indicate  that  Mr.  Lenthall's  character 
was  the  subject  of  criticism. 

On  Lechford's  return  to  England  he  printed  in  1642  a 
work  entitled  "Plain  Dealing  or  Newes  FROM  New  Eng- 
land.' '  In  the  work  he  makes  this  statement  regarding  the 
Weymouth  matter  : 

"A  Minister  standing  upon  his  Ministery,  as  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land, and  arguing  against  their  Covenant,  and  being  elected  by  some 
of  Weymouth  to  be  their  Minister,  was  compelled  to  recant  some 
words  ;  one  that  made  the  election,  &  got  hands  to  the  paper,  was 
fined  10  pounds  and  thereupon  speaking  a  few  crosse  words,  5  pound 
more,  and  paid  it  downe  presently."  ^ 

It  will  be  remembered  that  at  the  Court  held  in  March, 
1638,  Mr.  Lenthall  was  "  appointed  to  appear  at  the  next 
Court."  There  is  no  record  of  his  appearance,  and  he 
probably  soon  left  the  colony. 

Among  the  records  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  are 
found  these  entries  : 

"  At  the  Generall  Courte  Held  at  Portsmouth  on  the  6th  of  August, 
1640. 

1  Stiles  Manuscript,  Yale  University  Library. 

2  "Plain  Dealing,"  Trumbull  edition,  1867,  pp.  57.  58- 


184  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

By  the  Generall  Consent  of  this  Courte,  Mr.  Rob't  Lenthall,  and 
Thomas  Cornill,  and  Ralph  Cowland,  are  admitted  Freemen  of  this 
Body  Politike,  fully  to  enjoy  the  priviledges  belonging  thereunto  "  ' 

His  name  appears  in  the  ' '  Court  Roll  of  Freemen  ' '  at 
the  election  of  Colonial  officers  March  i6,  1641.^ 

The  wording  of  the  records  would  indicate  that  all  the 
freemen  of  the  colony  met  together  in  one  place  for  the 
election  of  their  officers. 

It  is  recorded  that 

"At  the  Generall  Court  of  Election  held  on  the  i6th  &  17th  of 
March,  att  Newport,  1642. 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  Mr.  Lenthall  being  gone  for  England,  is 
suspended  his  Vote  in  Election."  * 

Further  information  regarding  him  is  shown  by  docu- 
ments in  the   Massachusetts   State   Archives   which   read 

thus  : 

Milford  March  14"^  i68f- 
"  Right  Hou'''''« : 

Sir  the  occation  of  my  Troubleing  your  Excellency,  at  this  time 

with  these  lines  is  of  the  wrong  which  Ihaue  had  in  being  keept  out  of 

my  Right  of  ahouse  and  Land  at  Rhode  Island,  which  was  granted  to 

my  wifes  father  Robert  Lenthall,  &  he  dyeing  without  ason  IHumbly 

contend  she  is  the  proper  heire  to  it,  the  paper  here  Inclosed  will 

giue  your  Excellency  atrue  account  of  the  matter  the  house  &  home 

lott  and  the  meadow,  is  in  the  possesson  of  perticuler  persons,  but 

there  is  one  hundred  acres   of  Land,  lyeth  in  the  Comon,  unfenced, 

and  has  been  so  euer  since  my  father  in  Law  left  it ;  and  that  w'^''  I 

humbly  request  of  your  Excellency  is  this,  that  if  your  wisdom  think 

meet  to  grant  me  apattent  of  that  100  acres  of  Land,  Called  Lenthalls 

plaine,  as  for  that  which  is  in  pticular  mens  possession,  I  Expect  no 

relief  but  by  Law,  which  Icould  not  haue  vnder  the  former  gouer- 

ment,  they  being  quakers,  &  Henry  bull  that  was  in  possession  of  the 

house  &  home  lott  was  a  quaker  alsoe,  and  although  I  comenced  an 

action,  &  the  Case  Comitted  to  the  Jury,  in  the  year  1665,  yet  Icould 

neuer  haue  a  vardit  to  this  day,  as  p  y''  Inclosed  doth  Informe  you, 

&  so  Ihaue  waited  w""  patience.   Expecting  Long  since,  that  there 

would  be  achang  of   Gouerme',  whereby  Imigh  haue  reliefe,  Ihope 

'  Rhode  Island  Colonial  Records,  Vol.  i,  p.  104.  ' 

^  Ibid.,  Vol.  I,  p.  no.  ^  Ibid.,  Vol.  i,  p.  119. 


IvBNTHALL  NOTES.  185 

the  length  of  time  may  be  no  Impediment,  and  now  that  god  by  his 
prouidence  hath  giuen  your  Excellency  the  gouerment  of  the  place,  & 
being  well  Certified  of  your  uprightness  In  Judgment,  &  Clemency 
to  hear  those  in  distress,  I  thought  it  my  duty,  to  apply  my  selfe  to 
you,  haueing  so  good  an  opertunity  by  Cap':  Nicholson,  &  Cap' 
Rauenscraft  whome  I  hope  will  giue  you  to  vnderstand  my  Imperfect 
lines,  better  then  my  pen  can  doe  which  is  all  at  present,  with  my 
prayers  to  almighty  god  for  his  blessing  upon  your  Excellency  in  all 
Concerns  I  rest  Sir  your  Most  humble  Seruant 

Samuell  Eells  "  ' 

"A  true  relation  of  the  case  about  M""  Robert  L,enthalls  land  at  Rhod 
Island  as  followeth 

In  the  year  1640  M''  Robert  lenthall  was  granted  by  the  towne  of 
New-port,  on  Rhod  Island,  104  acres  of  Land  &  giuen  gratis,  to  him 
&  his  heires  foreuer  besides  meadow,  and  there  was  one  hundred 
acres  of  land  laid  out,  &  Impropriated  for  aschool,  which  he  was  to 
haue  the  benefit  of  it  as  long  as  he  Keep  school,  but  that  Imedle  not 
with  ;  it  is  still  Improued  for  that  use.  but  that  w''  was  granted  to 
Robert  Lenthall  &  his  heires  foreuer,  lyeth  in  two  places,  four  acres 
is  the  home  lott,  where  he  built  his  house,  &  the  100  acres  is  in  another 
place,  called  Lenthalls  plaine,  to  this  day,  all  which  he  possessed  & 
Enjoyed  for  more  then  three  years,  &  then  went  to  England,  &  there 
dyed,  &  left  no  son.  In  the  year  1649  Jeremy  Gold  (with  whome 
Rob'.  Lenthall  left  his  land  to  let  out  &  to  keep  the  house  and  fence 
in  repair)  procures  adeed  (as  his  successors  say)  from  Thomas  laugh- 
ton  of  Lynn,  wherein  is  sold  to  said  Jer  :  Gold,  all  M''  Lenthalls  Intrest 
on  Rhod  Island,  without  any  order  from  said  Lenthall,  with  out  any 
Consideration  in  the  deed,  for  any  thing  paid,  or  to  be  paid,  so  that 
it  was  sold  w"'out  order,  &  for  nothing,  neither  is  their  any  Record 
of  the  deed.  &  said  gold  being  in  possession  of  y®  said  house  and  land, 
by  virtue  of  y*  said  deed  (Copie  whereof  is  here  Inclosed)  sells  the 
house  &  home  lott  to  Henry  bull,  who  hath  been  since  Gouernour  of 
y*  place,  giues  the  out  land  &  meadow  to  his  son  daniel  Gold,  & 
Daniel  sells  the  meadow  to  seuerall  persons,  &  in  all  deeds  M""  Len- 
thalls title  is  acknowledged,  but  as  for  Lenthalls  plaine,  that  100  acres 
Jer  :  Gold  gaue  to  his  son  Daniel  gold,  &  daniel  gold  Exchanged  it 
w"'  his  brother  John  Gold,  &  John  Gold  Informing  the  towne  of  new- 
port,  that  he  had  bought  it  of  M'  Lenthall,  &  desired  to  Exchange 
it  for  100  acres  in  another  place  which  was  granted  to  him,  and  so 
Lenthalls  plain  lyeth  in  Comon,  vnfenced  to  this  day,  &  no  man  (be- 
sides my  selfe)  lays  any  claime  to  it,  &  the  reason  of  my  claime  is  by 

■  Mass.  State  Archives,  Vol.  126,  p.  264. 


186  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

marriage  of  Anne,  daughter  of  said  Lenthall,  &  proper  heire  to  the 
said  land,  there  being  no  son. 

In  the  year  1665  Iwent  w**"  my  wife  to  Rhod  Hand,  and  after  demand 
sued  Henry  bull  for  the  house  &  home  lott,  and  was  the  first  court 
cast,  by  reason  of  a  law  that  gaue  liberty  but  for  three  yeares  for  any 
in  England  (where  we  then  were)  to  sue  for  any  Land  &c  :  which  if 
they  did  not  should  be  cutt  off,  w'^''  y^  Kings  solissiter  y-  present  pro- 
tested against  as  repugnant  to  the  Law  of  England,  the  solissiter  was 
M"'  W'"  dyer.  I  being  cast  Entered  a  review  to  the  next  Court  &  the 
Case  was  Committed  to  the  Jury  but  the  Jury  parted  &  neuer  agreed 
nor  gaue  any  vardit  to  this  day  so  that  the  Case  is  yet  depending 

Samuell  Eells  "  ^ 

' '  This  deed  bareing  date  the  three  &  twentieth  day  of  October  in  the 
year  of  our  lord  Christ  1649  witnesseth  that  I  Thomas  laughton  of 
Lynn  in  the  Jurisdiction  of  the  Massachusetts  planton  by  virtue  of 
comission  vnto  me  giuen  from  my  brother  in  law  Robert  Lenthall 
Clarke  (some  time  of  Road  Island)  &  now  lining  in  old  England  haue 
giuen  granted  bargained  &  sold  vnto  Jeremiah  Gold  of  Newport  in 
Road  Island  afforsaid  yeoman  all  y*  houses  buildings  fences  lands 
wood  lands  earable  &  med  ground  with  the  Appurtinances  thereunto 
belonging  &  containing  by  Estimation  one  hundred  acres  and  four 
acres  for  a  home  lott  be  they  more  or  less  lying  &  being  within  the 
precincts  of  Newport  in  Road  Island  all  which  lands  and  meadow 
grounds  was  giuen  and  granted  vnto  the  said  Robert  Lenthall  by  the 
Free  Inhabitants  of  newport  (and  hath  been  for  the  space  of  six  years 
last  past  in  the  possession  &  disposing  of  the  said  Jeremiah  Gold  by 
the  said  Robert  Lenthalls  order  vnto  him  giuen)  to  haue  and  to  hold 
all  &  singuler  the  afforesaid  houses  lands  mead  grounds  with  all  ther 
apurtinances  vnto  them  belonging  vnto  the  said  Jeremy  gould  &  his 
heires  foreuer  and  Ithe  said  Thomas  Laughton  doe  for  my  Brother 
Lenthall  by  virtue  of  my  comission  from  him  as  affore  said  couenant 
for  him  &  his  heires  vnto  Jeremy  Gould  &  his  heires  that  he  the  said 
Robert  Lenthall  at  the  time  of  the  sale  hereof  was  the  sole  true  and 
right  owner  of  all  &  singuler  the  afforesaid  houses  lands  and  apurtin- 
ances &  therefore  doe  make  warranty  vnto  y*  said  Jeremy  &  his 
heires  that  this  deed  is  a  good  &  firm  &  indefeazable  deed  in  the  law 
and  doe  make  warrantie  vnto  them  for  there  quiet  &  peaceable  hold- 
ing &  Injoying  of  all  &  euery  p'  thereof  from  the  trouble  or  molesta- 
tion of  any  person  or  persons  claim  from  by  or  under  any  right  or 
Intrest  which  the  said  Robert  Lenthall  euer  had  therein  or  thereunto 

'  Mass.  State  Archives,  Vol.  126,  pp.  265,  266. 


LENTHALL   NOTES.  187 

in  witness  whereof  I  the  said  Thomas  Laughton  haue  for  my  Brother 

I/enthall  on  the  year  &  day  aboue  said  hereunto  set  to  my  hand  &  seal 

sealed  &  deliuered  Tho  :  Laughton  [Seal] 

in  the  presence  of 

Robert  Nash 

and  dauid  Barnot  B  his  marke 

vera  Copia  : 


Now  that  this  deed  aboue  written  is  in  vallid  in  law  appeares  by  these 
reasons 


1  there  was  neuer  any  order  did  appear  from  Robert  Lenthall  for 
the  sale  of  the  said  house  &  lands 

2  there  is  no  consideration  for  which  it  was  sold  in  y"  deed  nor 
euer  any  thing  paid  for  it  as  them  selues  haue  owned 

3  there  is  no  record  of  the  deed  "  > 
"  In  the  old  book  page  2'^  and  3'* 

may  23'':  1640  upon  the  Record  of  Lands  granted  thus:  Itt:  to  M'  Robert 

Lenthall   was   granted    the    number  of    104   acrs   and   giuen   grates 

August  20  M''  Robert  Lenthall  was  Called  to  Keep  a  publique  school 

1640    for  the  teaching  of  youth  &  for  his  Incoradgm'  thereto  there 

was  granted  to  him  one  hundred  and  four  acres  of  Land  and 

to  his  heires  foreuer  his  home  lott  being  part  he  is  not  to  pay 

the  40'  that  was  paid  for  it  nor  for  the  hundred  two  shilling 

p  acre  according  to  Ciistome 

Allsoe  it  was  agreed  that  one  hundred  acrs  should  be  laid 
forth  &  Impropriated  for  a  school  for  the  Incoradgment  of 
the  poorer  sort  to  traine  up  their  youth  In  learning  and  M' 
Robert  Lenthall  whiles  he  Continues  to  Keep  school  to  haue 
the  benefit  of  it 

True  Copies  taken  out  of  the  originall  Records  as  they  are 
recorded  in  the  booke  of  Records  belonging  to  the  towne 
of  Newport  in  y**  Colony  of  Rhod  Island  &  prouiden'ce 
plantations  in  New  England 

as  attest  Willm  Dyre  To  :  Clerke  "  ^ 

An  examination  of  the  Register  of  the  Church  at  Barnes, 
in  the  County  of  Surrey,  England,  proves  that  Robert 
lycnthall  was  in  charge  of  the  parish  from  1649  to  some 
time  in  1658.     The  following  appears  on  the  Register. 

"  1650.  Burials. 

July  15.     Ciceley  y«  wife  of  M'.  Rob*.  Lenthall  " 

^  Mass.  State  Archives,  Vol.  126,  p.  267.      '^  Ibid.,  Vol.  126,  p.  268, 


188  THE  JOHN   EELLS   FAMILY. 

The  record  of  burials  continue  in  regular  order  until  we 
come  to  the  date  "1658,"  when  there  is  no  record  until 
1660.  This  deficiency  in  the  Register  is  explained  by  the 
date  and  probate  of  the  will  of  Robert  I,enthall  the 
minister  in  charge  of  the  parish,  from  which  it  will  be  seen 
that  his  death  occurred  sometime  between  May  10  and 
September  3,  1658. 

"/«  the  name  of  God  Ameti  this  tenth  of  May  one  Thousand  six 
hundred  Fifty  and  eight  I  Robert  I,enthall  of  Barns  in  the  County  of 
Surrey  Gierke  at  this  present  time  in  good  health  and  remembrance 
(blessed  be  God)  doe  in  manner  and  forme  following  and  with  mine 
owne  hand  writinge  make  and  appointe  this  my  laft  will  &  testam' 
Imprimis  my  soule  and  spiritt  I  cheerefully  and  thankefully  in  the 
faith  of  Jesus  Christ  my  redeamer  resigne  and  giue  vp  into  the  hands 
of  God  mj  Creator  And  my  bodie  I  leaue  to  my  wife  and  children  to 
see  privately  without  any  ringing  or  trouble  of  companie  interred  in 
the  churchyard  of  the  parish  Church  of  Barnes  as  clofe  and  neare  as 
may  be  to  the  corner  wall  of  the  west  and  north  side  of  the  said 
Churchyard  and  my  graue  appointe  there  to  be  digged  at  least  eight 
foote  deepe  And  to  that  purpose  giue  and  bequeath  to  the  Clarke  or 
Sexton  of  the  said  parish  for  that  service  and  his  attendance  there- 
about eight  shillings  Item  to  the  poore  of  the  said  Barnes  I  giue  and 
bequeath  Twenty  shillings  Item  to  Richard  Goldston  I  giue  and 
bequeath  Tenn  shillings  to  Nan  Blinde  five  shillings  And  to  poore 
James  Bennett  five  shillings  Then  for  the  rest  of  my  worldly  goods  I 
thus  dispose  them  Imprimis  to  my  owne  Brother  Adryan  Lenthall  I 
give  and  bequeath  a  L,egacie  ring  of  golde  of  Eleaven  shillings  price 
to  be  sent  him  if  then  liveinge  Item  to  my  Sister  Downes  I  give  and 
bequeath  Twenty  shillings  Item  to  my  Sister  Kitely  Twenty  shillings 
Item  to  my  Sister  Male  a  golde  ring  of  Tenn  shillings  price  Item  the 
like  to  my  Sister  Hawes  if  then  liveinge  a  ring  of  tenn  shillings  Item 
so  to  my  Sister  Laughton  if  liveing  a  ringe  of  tenn  shillings  price  to 
be  sent  over  to  her  And  lastly  soe  to  my  Sister  Pickeringe  a  gold  ring 
of  Tenn  shillings  price  to  be  sent  her,  All  which  legacie  rings  I  will 
to  be  enamelld  with  a  deaths  head  and  this  posey  inserted  when  this 
you  see  then  think  of  me  R.  L.  Item  to  Andrew  Kitely  I  give  a  new 
suite  of  cloathes  and  forty  shillings  in  money  to  put  him  out  to  some 
trade  Item  to  my  loueing  wife  Margarett  Lenthall  I  give  and  bequeath 
the  Threescore  and  fine  pounde  which  shee  hath  in  her  keepinge 
which  is  in  parte  of  the  Hundred  poundes  I  promised  I  would  leaue 
her  if  the  Lord  would  would  at  my  decease  Item  to  the  making  up  of 


LENTHAIvL  NOTES.  189 

the  said  Hundred  to  the  former  three  score  and  five  I  give  and 
bequeath  more  Twentie  poundes  of  lawfull  english  money  beinge 
parte  of  that  Thomas  Signall  at  the  present  oweth  me  which  is  to  my 
wife  fower  score  and  fine  poundes  Item  then  of  that  Hundred  poundes 
there  is  tenn  poundes  to  be  excepted  upon  a  debt  I  paid  to  M^  Barrat 
for  my  wife  Then  to  the  payment  of  the  rest  I  will  and  appointe  that 
there  bee  imediately  sold  of  my  goods  and  cattell  that  I  die  seized  of 
to  the  value  of  Twenty  pounds  whereof  to  my  wife  I  will  and  bequeath 
tenn  pounds  which  will  make  the  former  fully  one  hundred  with 
advantage  And  indeed  could  I  otherwise  have  discharge  it,  it  should 
have  beene  soe.  But  since  I  can  not  I  hope  this  wilbe  accepted  of 
and  the  rather  because  there  is  soe  little  left  for  my  two  daughters 
Marrian  and  Nan  Item  to  my  daughter  Marrian  I  give  and  bequeath 
Twenty  poundes  of  lawfull  english  money  And  likewise  to  my  daugh- 
ter Nan  twenty  pounds  of  lawfull  english  money  which  said  forty 
pounds  betwixt  them  is  that  money  in  my  deske  and  laid  aside  for 
them  as  all  that  porcbn  that  I  am  able  to  give  them  besides  their  share 
in  some  of  my  goods  as  hereafter  is  expressed  praying  them  thereof  to 
accept  and  therefore  to  be  thankefull  to  God  Only  it  is  my  will  that  the 
Tenn  pounde  aboue  mencbned  and  made  of  my  goods  sould  and  not 
bequeathed  be  to  my  daughter  Nan  to  whome  I  bequeath  it  the  rather 
for  encoragement  in  well  doeinge  and  because  of  the  infirmitie  in  her 
sight  shee  lyes  vnder.  Item  the  Silver  Cupp  with  eares  I  give  and 
bequeath  vnto  my  wife  with  all  her  owne  goods  she  brought  vnto 
mee  Then  for  the  rest  of  all  my  goods  as  the  Siluer  Cann  and  all  the 
Siluer  spoones  bedds  bedding  besides  curtains  pillowes  pillowbeeres 
linnen  whatsover  sheetes  pillowbeers  table  cloaths  napkins  cubboard 
clothes  &  with  all  the  carpetts  hangings  tables  chairs  stooles  and  all 
the  pewter  brasse  Irons  and  whatsoever  of  my  goods  vnsould  within 
or  abroade  w"'  all  my  books  and  noates  whatsoever  else  vnnlencbned 
or  vnsould  I  give  divided  betwixt  them  with  whatsoever  money  may 
be  made  of  them  or  anie  of  them  or  whatsoever  debtes  oweinge,  my 
wife  to  have  the  first  choice  and  then  Marrian  the  second  and  Nan 
the  third  praying  that  this  divident  of  my  goods  or  whatsoever 
vnbequeathed  and  to  be  divided  betwixt  them  in  money  or  goods  may 
be  done  without  Jarringe  murmurynge  discontent  or  vnthankefullnes 
on  either  parte  And  withall  chargeinge  my  two  daughters  to  goe  con- 
tent with  that  they  haue  and  not  to  giue  their  mother  anie  iust  cause 
of  complaint  against  them,  but  to  be  respective  to  her  and  rather  to 
receive  wrong  with  patience  than  in  any  thinge  to  doe  her  the  least 
iniury  or  suffering  to  be  done  to  her.  Item  hereby  I  appointe  and 
constitute  my  loueing  wife  and  my  two  daughters  Marrian  and  Nan 
equally  and  ioynt  Executrices  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament 
praying  them  to  see  the  true  performance  of  all  the  particulars  therein 


190  THE  JOHN  EELLS  FAMIIvY. 

mentioned  and  true  payment  of  the  legacies  therein  bequeathed  and 
overseers  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  I  earnestly  intreate  to 
be  M\  Thomas  Eayres  of  Kensington  gent  and  Thomas  Signall  of 
this  parish  of  Barnes.  To  whom  I  give  and  bequeath  two  legacie  gold 
rings  of  Eleaven  shillings  price  apeece  to  be  bought  and  given  them 
by  mine  executrices  entreating  and  praying  them  as  loveing  freinds 
to  be  assistant  to  my  executrices  in  the  fullfilling  of  this  my  last  will 
and  Testament  and  to  see  to  the  true  and  faithfull  performance  thereof 
and  of  every  particular  therein  according  to  my  meaninge  and  intent 
That  all  jarringe  and  discord  may  be  prevented  and  loue  and  peace 
after  my  decease  continued. 

In  Witnes  whereof  the  day  and  yeare  aboue  written  to  this  my  last 
will  and  Testament  contained  in  two  pages  of  one  sheet  of  paper  sub- 
scribed on  both  sides  with  my  name  :  I  have  in  confirmation  thereof 
sett  to  my  hand  and  seale     Robert  Iventhall. 

Proved  3  September,  1658  by  executrices  Margaret  relict  &  Marrian 
&  Anne  Lenthall  daughters." 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  Wootton,  folio  540. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  in  the  deed  given  by  Thomas 
Laughton  of  the  lands  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  he  refers 
to  "  my  brother  in  law  Robert  I^enthall  Clarke  (some  time 
of  Road  Island)  &  now  lieuing  in  old  England  ". 

The  legacy  in  the  foregoing  will ' '  to  my  Sister  I^augh- 
ton  if  liveing  a  ringe  of  tenn  shillings  price  to  be  sent  over 
to  her^'  would  seem  to  prove  beyond  question  that  Rev. 
Robert  lycnthall  of  Barnes  was  the  man  of  that  name  who 
had  been  at  Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  and  Newport,  Rhode 
Island.  Also  the  Milford  town  records  show  that  the 
marriage  of  Samuel  Eells  and  Anna  Ivcnthall  took  place  at 
Lynn.  Until  the  finding  of  the  documents  among  the 
Massachusetts  State  Archives  the  reason  why  the  marriage 
took  place  there  was  a  mystery.  Now  it  would  seem  to  be 
clear  that  Anna  was  probably  living  in  the  family  of  her 
uncle  Thomas  lyaughton. 

CHir<DRE;N  OF  Rev.  Robert  Lenthai^l. 

I.  Marrian,  living  Sept.  3,  1658. 

II.  Nan  or  Anna,  mar.  Aug.  5,  1663,  Samuel  Eells,  of 

Milford,  Conn. 


INDEXES 


INDEX  TO  ENGLISH  NOTES. 


Page. 

Abias,  Joan, 6 

Thomas,   6 

Abraham,  Elliott, 32 

John,   32 

Adams,     ^ , 15 

Adames,  >•  Blasius, 88 

Addams,  )  Blazius, 13 

Elizabeth, 8,  15 

Francis, 91 

John,  15 

Lawrence, 86 

Marie, 13 

Mar)', 18 

Stephen, 91 

Thomas,  5 

Adderley,  John,   51 

Addiscott,  Thomas, 30 

Adkins,  see  Atkins. 
Aetkins,  "         " 
Aeles,  see  Eells. 
Aells,     " 

Allen,  [ , 16 

Allyn,  i  Joane, 27 

Mary, 11,  64 

Alvord,  Thomas, 22 

Amory,  Jos. , 30 

Andrewes,  Thomas, 54 

Apis,  Arthur, 77 

Archdale,  Math, 28 

Mathew, 21 

Archer,  , 14 

Margerye, 26 

William, 26 

Arow,  Jane,  44 

Arundell,  , 13 

Thomas 13 

Ashby,  Richard, 54,  55 >  57 

Askew,  Egeon,  174 

Atkins,    ^  Agnes, 34,  35 

Adkins,   >  Daniel, 47 

Aetkins,  )  Thomas 18 


Page. 

Audsell,  Richard, 60 

Auerd,  Robert,   48 

Avery,  Joane, 35 

Richard, 35 

Awdley,  Hugh, 74 

Axtell,  Nathaniell, 39 

Philippe, , 40 

Babb,  John, 75 

Robert,   75 

Baldwyn,  William, 91 

Ball,  Edmund, 41 

Ballam,  Ellis, 36 

Ballard,  Roger, 18 

William,  48 

Barber,  Edmund 45 

Barfoote,  Richard, 24 

Barkham,    \  Edward,   53,  55 

Barkehatn,  > 

Barker,  Thomas, 25 

Barley,  George, 40 

Barlowe,  John, 65,  66 

William,   65 

Barnard,   , 182 

Barnot,  Dauid, 187 

Baron,  George, 30 

Barons,  John, 36 

Barrat,  , 189 

Barrows,  John, 21 

Barteley,  Morris, 65 

Barter,  John,  9 

Barton,  Thomas, 15 

Basdmore,  Nicholas, 45 

Basely, , 42 

William 42 

Basford,  Joane, 46 

Basse,  John, 49 

Bassett,  Edw, 20 

Edward, 18,  19,  89 

Elizabeth, 18,  19 

Mary, 18,  88 


194 


INDEX  TO   ENGIvISH   NOTES. 


Page. 

Bassett,  Richard 13,  18,  19 

Thomas, 13,  14,  18,  88 

William, 18,  19,  88 

Bateman,  Elizabeth, 8 

Richard,   8 

Bayard,     )  John 5.6 

Bayarde,  f  Josias,  5 

Peter, 5 

Beale,  George, 74 

Beard,  Floram 37 

John,  49 

Beast,  John 44 

Beatryche,  Rob,   41 

Becke,  Joseph, 40 

Beckwith,  Henry, 43 

Began,  William,  85 

Bell,  William .   46 

Belson,  Edward, 64 

Beninge,  Sarah, 41 

Benington,  Thomas, 61 

Bennett,  Henry 61 

James, 188 

Joseph,    14 

Benwell,  William 14 

Berry,  Elizabeth,   18 

John, 19 

Steven, 19 

Best,  Thomas, 7 

Bewick,  Robert,  68,  69 

Bird,  Grace, 58 

John, 58 

Thomas, 58 

Bisse,  William, 9 

Blackaller,  John, 16 

Richard, 71,  85,  86 

Blackwell,  Edward, 47 

Blake, , 46 

Blinde,  Nan, 188 

Bolly,  Anne, 5 

George,  6 

Bolton, 74 

Ann, 74 

Edmund 74 

L,awrence,    74 


Page. 

Bolton,  Mary 74 

Bond,  Marion, 34,  35 

Nicholas, 54 

Booth,  Thomas, 61 

Booton,  Joye, 42 

Booye,  Thomas, 68 

Borhall,  Henry, 25 

Borton,  , 42 

Boscocke,  Edmund, 49 

Bosvile,     }  William, 53,  55 

Bosevile,  ) 

Bowden,  Jane, 35 

Bowman,  , 6 

Boult,  Richard, 22 

Bounde,  Robert, 67 

Bradley,  Alexander, 8 

Edward,    16 

William, 45 

als    Gardner,    als   Towne,    als 

Eagles,  Joane, 16 

Bradshaw,    )  George, 69 

Bradshawe,  I  Job, 77 

Brand,  Martha,  43 

Braunce,   Daniel, 5,6 

John, 5,  6 

Eales  als,  Mary, 20 

Brickley,  W^illiam, 4 

Bridgewater,  Thomas 23 

Briscoe,  John, 7 

Richard, 7 

Thomas, 7 

Britton, 181 

Brodrick,  Thomas 16 

Brooke,  Edward, 45 

Elizabeth, 24 

Robert, 24,  25 

Brown,     }  Alice,   46 

Browne,  ^  Anne, 72 

Eliz., II 

Elizabeth, 15 

John,   61,  72 

Kate,   15 

Mathewe, 61 

Richard,   23 


INDEX  TO   ENGLISH   NOTES. 


195 


Page. 

Brown,  Robert, 55,  57 

Rolph, 177 

Samuell,  15 

Sara 15 

Thomas, 15,  53.  60,  61 

William,   15 

Browse,  Nicklas, 37 

Buck,  William, 55 

Bulbeck,  Ellen, 12 

Bull,  Henry, 184,  185,  186 

Bullivante,  Ri, 42 

Burden,  Thomas 63 

Burkitt,  Francis, 61 

Burne,  )  Isatte, 31 

Burns,    )John,    ...    31 

Burton,  Samuel, 61 

Bury,  Robert, 88 

Butler,  George, 19 

John,   45 

Margery 45 

Butley,  54 

Byfford,  John,  10 

Calamy,  Edmd., 176 

Callender,  John, 180,  182 

Calton,  Paul 63 

Susanna,  63 

Canutar,  John 38 

Capern,  , 27 

Carr,  Robert, 61 

Carten,  Thomas, 18 

Carter,  \_  Christopher, 39 

Cater,    i  Thomas, 61 

Walter 178 

Carswell,  Lidia 15 

Carver,  Lawrence, 14 

Caseley,    I  Oliver, 39 

Casleigh,  i  Tho.,    31 

Casse,  John, 40 

Cassellton,  Ezechiell, 30 

Cater,  see  Carter. 

Caunter,  Thomas, 67 

Chafe,  Walter,    38 

Challoner,  William, 57 


Page. 

Chamberlain,  Thomas, 23 

Chambers,  Nicholas, 46 

Champion,  William 9 

Chase,  54 

Cherry,  William, 60,  62 

Cheseman,  Rayfe, 91 

Chester,  ElHnor, 7 

Child,     )  , 17 

Childe,  )  Agnes, 6,  7 

Arnold, 6,  7 

Constant,    6 

Elizabeth 6 

Henry, 6 

Mar>'e, 6 

Raphe, 6 

Thomas,   6 

William,   6 

Church,  Edmond, 76,  77 

Churchman,  John, 80 

Robert, 80 

Clapwell,  Tho., 41 

Clark,   )  Humphrey 56 

Clarke,  )  Joane, 26 

John 13,  62 

William,  53 

Clewter,  [  Zachary,  74,  75 

Clouter,   ^ 

Clive,  Thomas,  91 

Clotworthy,  William, 178 

Cocke,  als  Fange,  Ellen,   21 

Coke,  Cornelius, 53,  55 

John,   58 

Thomas, 53-55 

Cole,  Henry,  34 

Margeret,   34 

Richard,   51 

Coleman,  Phillippe, 89,  90 

Colman,  Rd., 43 

Coley,  William, 42,  43 

Coliwell,  Tobie, 16 

Collamore,  Jone, 9 

Collie,  Edward,    15,  16 

Elizabeth 15 

Jno., 15 


196 


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Page. 

Collie,  Martha, 15 

Sara, 15 

Collington,  Phillipp 61 

Collis,  Edward, 15 

Columbell,  Roger, 50 

Comminge,  Agnis, 28 

Compton,  Thomas, 61 

Coningsbye,  Raphe, 6 

Cook,    }  Edward, 78,  79 

Cooke,  i  John,    44 

Jone,    31 

Richard,   31 

Thomas, 19 

William,   30 

Coop,  William, 9 

Cooper,  Sarah, 48 

Corbett,  Francis,    51 

Coreley,  Henry, 13 

Cornill,  Thomas, 184 

Cotton, , 181,  182 

Coulery,  William, 63 

Cove,  Katherine, 2 

Covell,  Michaell,  81,  82 

Cowland,  Ralph, 184 

Cowper,  Rob, 41 

Coyte,  John, 16 

Cracknell,  Robert, 69 

Cressett,  Edw.,   54 

Critchlow,  Richard, 15 

Croley,  Fraunces, 15 

Crook,  William, 47 

Crosby,  Charles, 54 

Crosse,  William, 91 

Crossing,  Stephen, 30 

Croutt,  William, 38 

Crupwell,  Henry, 47 

Cudd,  Edward,   21 

Cust,  Obed, 61 

Dake,  John,  10 

Dally,  George, 49 

Damerell,  Nicholas, 68 

Dancey,  ^ 

Dancie,    >  Richard, 77,  78 

Dancy,    J  William 76,  77 


Page, 

Darrante,  Thomas 39 

Daun,  William 72 

Davenport,  William 27 

Davye,  Joane, 70,  71 

Dawes,  John, 65,  66 

Daye,  William, 177 

Deacon,  Richard, 19,  88 

de  ffreney,  Margarete, 6 

Demmar,   Ralph, 24 

Denband,  Alfride, 177 

Dench,  Will, 34 

de  Rew,  Julyan 49 

Deuerell,  John 18 

Dichfield,  Edward, 56 

Ditchett,  lo, 10 

Doddesley,  William,   8 

Doddridge,  Francis, 38 

Dolbeare,  Edmond, 30 

Joan, 30 

John, 30 

Mary, 30 

Thomas, , 30 

Dormer,  Thomas,  14 

Dorsett,  Benjamin, 11 

Dound,  John, 34,  35 

Dove,  Richard, 53 

Downes, , 188 

Dowsett,  Benjamin, 10 

Dudley,  Henry, 40 

Thomas, 182 

William,    53 

Dudlick,  Jasper, 11 

Dugdaile,  William, 34 

Dune,  Ri. , 41 

Dyer,  \  Arthur,    20 

Dyre,  /  William, 186,  187 

Eagles,  Bradley  als,  Joane, 16 

Eakens,  Walter,   48 

Eayres,  Thomas, 190 

Ebblewhite,  E.  A. 174 

Edgcombe,  Anne, i 

Edwards,  John, 10 


INDEX  TO   ENGUSH   NOTES. 


197 


Page. 
Eells,      1  Agnes,  4,  5,  8,  10,  27,  30, 

40,  45 

Aeles,         Alban, 13,  14,  18,  90 

Aells,  Alexander,   38 

Eale,  Alice,  3,  4,  10,  12,  41,  44, 

46 

Eales,         Alyce, 4 

Ealles,        Alse, 36,  38 

Eals,  Andrew, 39 

Ealse,         Ann,  8,  14,  19,  25,  36,  40, 

48,83 

Eayles,       Anne,  4,  5,  6,   12,   18,  22, 

23,  27,  31.  39,  40,  42, 

50,  91 

Eel,  Annie 31 

Eeles,         Annis,   26,  27 

Eels,  Anstice, 28 

Eelys,         Anthony, 4,  45,  46 

Eiles,  Avise, 16 

Eilles,         Bridget, ...  2,  3,  39,  40,  45 

Eles,  Cecily 43 

Elles,        |-  Christiana, i 

Ellis,        I  Christopher, 36,  48 

Ells,  Constance    41,  42 

Else,  Dennis, 33 

Eyales,       Dorothea, 23 

Eyle,  Dorothie, 42 

Eyles,        Dorothy, 19,  33 

Eyls,  Edmund, i,  13,  41,  74 

leles,  Edward,  i,  2,  9,  13,  14,  16, 

17,  18,  22,  23,   26,  31, 

32,  42,  43,  58,  59,   70, 

71,  84,  85,  86,  88 

lies,  Elinor, 11 

Yeales,       Elisaye, 39 

Yealls,        Elisha 40 

Yeeles,       Eliz., 6 

Yeels,  Elizabeth,  i,  2,  3,  5,  12, 
17,  18,  22,  26,  28,  38, 
41,  42,  44,  48,  90,  91 

Yeles,         Ellery, 32 

Yelles,        Frances, 9,  24,  27,  47 

J  Francis, 42 


Page. 

Eells,  Frisidfide, 7 

Gabriel 8,  27 

George,  12,  13,  18,  19,  20,  23,  24, 
25,  47,  57,  59,  87,  88,  89 

Giles,  5 

Grace, 30,  38 

Hanna, 15,  22,  47 

Hannah 19 

Hellen, 35 

Henery, 7 

Henrie,  ...    21,  23,  26 

Henry,  8,   10,  26,  27,  36,  43,  45, 

47.  63,  64 

Hillary,   93 

Hugh, 25,  48 

leliane, 38 

Isaack, 49 

Isett, 31 

Isott, 34,35 

Jacamye, 24 

Jacob, 19 

James,  2,  31,  32,  33,  37,  42,  46,  78 
Jane,  17,   23,  31,  32,  37,  42,  43, 

46,  47,  48 

Jasper,  4 

Jeflfery, 23 

Jenner, 19 

Joan, r,  22,  36,  37,  38,  43 

Joane,  6,  9,  13,  14,  17,  19,  21,  23, 
24,  25,  30,  31,  32,  33,  37,  38, 

41.  71 

Johan, 28,  38 

Johanne,   38 

John,  I,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  10,  II, 
12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19, 
20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27, 
28,  29,  30,  31,  33,  34,  35,  36, 
39,  40,  41,  42,  44,  45,  46,  47, 
.  48,  51,  52,  56,  60,  61,  62,  63, 

69,  89,  91.  93 

Jone, 24,  26,  34,  41,  42 

Joseph, 22,  36 

Judith 24 


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Page. 

Eells,  Katharine 2 

Katherine,  2,   15,   17,  21,  23,  35, 

44,  46,  74,  75,  9 i 

Laurence,  30 

Luke, 91 

Lyon, 8,  9 

Margaret,  3,  6,  8,  30,  32,  43,  45, 
78,  86 

Margerie, 7,  8,  23 

Margery 19,  26,  36,  41 

Marie, 32 

Mary,  i,  2,  5,  6,  8,  10,  14,  15,  17, 
18,  19,  21,  22,  24,  29,  31,  33, 
35,  36,  38,  44,  57,  59,  §7,  90, 

91 

Mildred, 22 

Nathaniel,   7,  16,  17,  39,  40 

Nicho, 88,  89 

Nicholas,  i,  2,  12,  13,  18,  22,  41, 

42,  47,  50,  67,  80,  81,  82,  87 

Peter, 5,  21,  28,  38,  93 

Pliilip 5,  34 

Phillip, 28,  32,  35 

Phillippa, 19 

Ralph,   23 

Raphe, 22,  23 

Richard,  4,  9,  14,  16,  21,  22,  23, 

41,  42,  43,  45,  52,  53,  65,  66, 

67,  68,  70,  71,  85,  86 

Roase,    40 

Rob., 41 

Robartt, 36 

Robert,  2,  10,  12,  17,  19,  22,  25, 
27,  39,  42,  62,  79 

Roger, 4,  5,  39,  42,  45 

Rose, 40 

Rowland,   68,  69 

Ruth, 19 

Samuel,    14,   21,   29,  30,  33,  57, 
87,  173,  185,  186,  190 

Sara, 39,  80 

Sarah, 11,  14,  18,  21,  22,  42 

Sislye, 42 


Page. 

Eells,  Stephen, 51 

Susan, 5,  10,  21,  25,  33 

Suzan, 6 

Suzanna, 30 

Symon, 36 

Thomas,  i,  3,  5,  6,  9,  10,  11,  12, 
14,  17,  i8,  19,  21,  22,  23,  24, 
25,  26,  27,  28,  30,  31,  32,  33, 
34,  35,  36,  37,  38,  39,  4°,  41, 
42,  43,  44,  45,  46,  47,  48,  49, 
53,  54,  55,  57,  59,  60,  71,  73, 
74,  75,  76,  77,  78,  82,  83,  90, 

93 

Walter, 9,  31,  32 

Warren, 13,  31,  32,  37 

William,  4,  5,  7,  8,  10,  12,  13,  15, 
16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  22,  23,  25, 
27,  28,  30,  33,  34,  35,  36,  37, 
39,  40,  43,  44,  45,  47,  50,  57, 
72,  73,  79,  82,  87,  88,  89,  91, 

93 

Winefred, 19,  20 

Zacharie, 18,  20 

Zachary, 30,  47,  48 

als  Braunce,  Mary, 20 

als  Hildar,  Anne,  45 

Annis, 44 

Joane 44 

John, 12,  13,  44,  45 

William, ...  13,  44,  45,  92 

als  Jordaine,  Zachary, 48 

als  Rily,  Joane, 13 

als  Witnall,  Ann, 27 

Anne, 27 

Elizabeth, 21,  27 

Joane, 21 

John, 20 

Levy, 20 

Margaret, 20 

Margery, 20 

Mary, 21 

Sara, 27 

Thomas,  21,  27 


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Page. 

Eells,  als  Witnall,  Willi, 28 

Eldred,  John, 49 

Eling,  , 34 

Ellis,  als  Witnall,  John, 20 

Levy,  20 

Margaret, 20 

Margery 20 

Ellissfford,  , 31 

Elton,  Romeo, 182 

Emmott,  Byran 173 

Ennews,  John, 20 

Evans,  Arthur, 63 

William,    44 

Eveleigh,  Gilbert, 86 

Evelynge,  Nicholas 37 

Ewer,  1  Abell,  50 

Ewre,  >  Edward, 179 

Francis, 179 

Henry, 50 

Jone, 7 

Fange,  Cocke  als,  Ellen, 21 

Farlow,  Susan, 21 

Farmer,  Johane,   11 

John, II 

Margaret, 11 

Richard, 11 

William,   11 

Farmothe,  Christ, 32 

Farrow,  Anne, 15 

Fawkes,  Marmaduke, 47 

Fearne,  Elizabeth, 7 

Feild,  Richard, 39 

Fenner,  Allen, 76 

Ferrers,  Edward, 51 

Ferryman,  Griffin, 73 

Griffith,  72 

Fesse,  William, 16 

Fettiplace,  Edward, 90 

Mary, 90 

Finch,  John, 60 

Mary, 60 

Fisher,  Joane, 12 


Page. 

Fisher,  John, 12 

Margery, 12 

William, 12 

Fitz  James, , 66 

Flawse,  Anne,  15 

James, 15 

Jervis, 15 

John, 15 

Richard, 15 

William, 15 

Fleetewood,  Charles, 54,  55 

William,    176 

Flexmer,  Francis, 51 

Floud,  William, 38 

Ford,  Edward, 59,  178 

John, 178 

Thomas, 177,  178 

Thos., 5 

Fors,  John, 32 

Forsett,  Thomas, 46 

Fossell,  , 46 

Foster,    ) , 17 

Forster,  )  Francis, 26 

Richard, 23,  67 

Fountaine,  Thomas, 179 

Fox,  Mary, 29 

Mary, 29 

Stephen, 91 

Frauncis,  Edward, 76 

Freeman,  John, 53 

Freind,  John, 89 

Fulford,  Thomas, 14 

Furse,  Mary, 34,  35 

Gale,  Robert 89 

Gambolle,  James, 49 

Gardiner,  John, 175,  177 

Gardner,  Bradley  als,  Joane,    ...   16 

Garrard,  Jane, 81,  82 

John, 81 

Garrit,  Amos, 15 

Elizabeth, 15 

James, 15 


200 


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Page. 

Garrit,  John, 15 

Martha, 15 

Sara,    15 

Seth,    15 

Gee,  Thomas, 56 

Gery,  Thomas, 63 

Gibbons,  John, 10,  27 

Gibsonn,  Basell, 47 

Gifford,  John, 9 

Gilburne,  Henry, 179 

Giles,   )  Glascock,   57 

Gyles,  1  John,   15 

Robert, 42 

Ginger,   }  William,    76,  77,  78 

Gynger,  ) 

Gladman,  Naariah, 51 

Gloove,  Thomas 46 

Glover,  Alee, 4 

Godfrey,  John, 179 

Godhelpe,  James, 4 

Thomas, 4 

Ursula,    4 

Gold,  Daniel, 185 

Jeremiah, 186 

Jeremy, 185 

John,   185 

Goldsmith,  Anne, 12 

Henry, 12 

John,   12 

Mary, 12 

Richard,   12 

Thomas, 12 

Goldston,  Richard 188 

Gonswell,  Isaac, 9 

Good,    I  John 15 

Goode,  )  Mary, 15,  48 

Thomas, 45 

Gorges,  Ferdinando, 60,  61 

Goring,  John, 44 

William, 76,  77 

Goud,  Tho. 24 

Grace,  John,    27 

Thomas, 173 


Page. 

Graston,  Humphrey, 25 

Gratwicke,  Humphrey, 69,  70 

Graven,  Thomas,   46 

Gravener,  Thomas 46 

Gray,  )  John,    38.  39 

Grey,  )  Katherine, 59 

Ralphe, 59 

Robert, 178 

William 59 

Green,    )  Anne, 15 

Greene,  )  Ellen,  15 

John, 15,  56 

Robert, 15,  56 

William 15 

Gregg,  Thomas 60,  6r 

Grevet,  Robert, 70 

Grey,  see  Gray. 

Griffin,  Honor, 20 

Johane 20 

Mary 20 

Phillip, 20 

Grover,  William, 76,  77,  78 

Grubb,    )  Eustace, 5 

Grubbe,  )  Hervey,   13 

Gyles,  see  Giles. 
Gynger,  see  Ginger. 

Haines,  Rt., 37 

Hakins,  see  Hawkins. 

Hale, , 40 

John, 40 

Hall,  Ann,    48 

Halsted,  Lawrence,  73 

Hamersley,  Hugh, 7 

Hamhyng,  Richard, 38 

Hammond,  }  Ann, 18,  88 

Hamond,      )  William, 14,  18 

Hamon,  Ann, 20 

Hampden,  John, 174,  175 

Hancockes,  Richard, 11 

Harding,  Ellen, 21 

William,  40 

Harell,  Nicholas,  32 


INDEX  TO   ENGLISH  NOTES. 


201 


Page. 
Harmer,  Edmund, 22 

Sisley 21 

Harmswood,  Ralph, 25 

Harris,   [  John, 42,  43 

Harrys,  J  Mary,    79 

Ralph, 9 

Richard, 67,  79 

Harrison,  Ralph, 53,  55 

Thomas, 51 

Harryman,  Thomas, 61 

William,   61 

Harsenept,  John, 16 

Harvey,  , 54 

Francis, 56 

Henry, 61 

Harwood,  John, 17 

Hatbird,  Thomas, 25 

Hatch,  William 66 

Hawes, , 188 

Hawkins,  \  Raphe,    26 

Hakins,      >  Richard,  63 

Howkins,  ) 

Hawley,  James, 47 

Haysteede,  Dominick, 26 

Hayward,    ,  Gilbert, 75 

Haywood,  !-  John, 75 

Heywood,  )  Thomazine,    75 

Hearne,  Stephen, 53 

Hellhouse,  Thomas, 83 

Hellier,   )  Henry, 79 

Helyar,    )  John,   79 

William, 31,  79 

Hempston,  Geo., 31 

Walter, 31 

Herbert,  Thomas, 63 

Hether,  , 20 

Heywood,  see  Haywood. 

Hickline,  Thomas, 45 

Higgins,  Mary, 21 

Steven, 21 

Highlord,  John, 56 

Hildar,  }  als  Eles,  Anne, 45 

Hilder,  )  Annis, 44 


Page. 

Hilder,  als  Eles,  Joane, 44 

John,  12,  13,  44,  45 
William,  .  .13,  44, 

45,  92 

Hill,     [John, 40 

Hille,  i  William, 40 

Hinckley,  Isabell, 18,  89 

John, 14 

Robert 19 

Hingston,  Mary, 35 

Hippisley,  John, 66 

Hoare,  , 63 

Hobart,  Nathaniel, 57 

Hobbs,  Anne, 27 

Mary, 25 

Thomas, 25 

Hole,  Francis, 35 

Henry, 35 

Mark, 35 

Holeman,  , 60 

Hollis,  Robert, 52 

Homberston,  Miles, 53 

Homes,  Jno. , 41 

Honton,  Joan, 25 

Hope,  Edward, 89,  90 

Horner,  John, 84,  85 

Horseman,  Abraham, 177 

Horsham,  Hugh, 20 

Horwood,  Elizabeth, 29 

Henry, 29 

Hoskins,  Edward, 57 

Houlington,  Richard, 44 

Howkins,  see  Hawkins. 

Howse,  Henry,  37 

Hubbard, , 180 

Thomas, 53,  55 

Huchins,  see  Hutchins. 

Humpheries,  }  Elizabeth, 21 

Humphries,    S  James, 21 

Hunt,  John, 39.  53,  55 

Thomas, 27 

W^illiam, 12 

Hurd,  Pearce  als,  John 48 


202 


INDEX  TO   ENGLISH   NOTES. 


Page. 

Hurde,  William 8 

Hurseman,  John,  31 

Hurst,  Edward, 49 

Hussy,  als  Reade,  Agnes, 8 

Huswicke,  Ann, 8 

Hutchins,  }  Dorothy, 65,  66 

Huchins,    )  Thomas, 65,  66 

William, 65,  66 

Hutchinson,  , 181 

Cuthbert, 44 

Hyne,    Mohn, 33 

Hynes,  )  Joseph 40 

leles,  see  Eells. 

Ilberte,  William 67 

lies,  see  Eells. 

Ireland,  William, 44 

Irish,     [  Christopher, 31 

Irishe,  >  Nicholas, 32 

Peter, 31 

Isham,  Zacheus, 74 

Ives,  Paul, 41 

Jacobb,  John, 9 

William,   9 

Jarman,  }  Agnes, 30 

Jerman,  )  Elizabeth, 30 

Henry, 30 

Sampson, 34 

JefFery,  )  Jeremy,  61 

Jeflfrey,  '  Thomas,  60,  61 

Jeffes,  William, 14 

Jennard,  Richard, 21 

Jerman,  see  Jarman. 

Johns,  Robert, 34 

Johnson,  John, 25 

Jones,  Rachel 49 

William,  6,  179 

Jordaine,  Eales  als,  Zachary, ....   48 
Joyce,  George, 10 

Kaye,  Martin, 31 

Keate,  Robert, 63 


Page. 

Keayne,  Robert, 182 

Keene,  John, 64 

Kelley,  Bart., 35 

Thomas, 35 

Kelsey,  Thomas, 91 

Kenricke,  William 53 

Kentish,  William, 40 

Kenwick,  William, 55 

Keye,  Martin, 31 

Kiffen,  William 63 

King,     )  Alice, 9 

Kinge,  )  David 9 

Henry, 49 

John, 63 

Kirke,  William, 42 

Kirton,  Edward, 9 

Kitely,  , 188 

Andrew, 188 

Knowling,  Laurence,   30 

Ric., 34 

Kytt,  , 6 

Lake,  Arthur, 178 

Lambard,  }  Jane, 81 

Lambert,   f  Moulton, 81,  82 

Thomas, 81,  82 

Lane, , 28 

Edward, 174 

Jane, 14 

Thomas,  28,  33 

Lang,  Thomas, 35 

Langley,  Andrew, 17 

Langworthy,  Richard, 177 

Lapthorn,  John, 31 

Laughan,  William, 47 

Laughton,  , 188,  190 

Thomas, 185,  186,  187,  190 

Lawkers,  Jockmy, 6 

Layeworth,  Thomas, 45 

Leate,  John 37 

William,   37 

Leaver,  John 62 

Lechford,  Thomas,  ....180,  182,  183 


INDEX  TO   ENGIylSH   NOTES. 


203 


Page. 

Lechlade,  William, 177 

Leech,  Joan, 10 

Leedes,  Thomas, 6 

Legat,     )  Elizabeth, 91 

Legatt,    )  John, 60 

Thomas, 60 

Lemdon,  William, 25 

Lempriere,  Nicholas, 54 

Lenncraft,  John, 19 

Lenthall,     }  Adrian, 175,  177 

Leynthall,  J  Adryan, 188 

Anne, 186,  190 

Cicely, ...  187 

Edmond, 178 

Elizabeth, 173 

Jane, 174,  177 

John, 177,  178,  179 

Margarett, 188,  190 

Marrian, 189,  190 

Nan, 189,  190 

Richard,   177 

Robert, .  .173,  174,  175,  176,  179, 
180,  181,  182,  183,  184, 
185,   186,   187,  188,  190 

Sarah, 175,  176,  177 

Susanna, 175,  176 

Thomas, 177,  179 

William, 57,  177,  178 

Levy,  Phillipp 86 

Lewin,  Elizabeth, 83,  84 

Thomas,  83,  84 

Lewis, , 16 

Leyden,  Robert, 71 

Lilliot,  John, 10,  11 

Lipscomb,  George, 173 

Litcott,  Robert, 57,  58 

Lloyd,  Griffith, 54,  55.  57 

Loveland,  John, 44 

Lovell,  Elizabeth, 27 

Hen 15 

Hugh, 15 

John, 25 

Lucas,  Richard, 27 


Page. 

Luce,  Christ 36 

Lucy,    Michaell, 64 

Ludford,  Richard, 14 

Ludlowes,  Henry, 63 

Lune,  Sarah, 15 

Luscombe,  Joane, 37 

John,  78,  79 

William, 37 

Lydall,  Ricm., 49 

Lymbeare,  Tho 32,  33 

Lynd,  Paul, 41 

Macey,  Mathew, 32 

Maho,  Robert, 4 

Male,  , 188 

Malpas,  Henry, 10 

Manfeild,  John, 12 

Manne,  Peter, 34 

Manning,  \  David, 34,  35 

Maneing,  j-  Iseto,    34 

Maning,    J 

Marrett,  Richard, 61 

Marsh,     )  Thomas, 6,  50 

Marche,  f 

Marshall,  Steph.,   176 

Marsham,  William,   61 

Martin,    }  Anne, 19,  20 

Martyn,  i  Elizabeth,   20 

George, 19,  20 

Henry, 178 

Margery, 20 

Mary 20 

Masemore,  Elizabeth, 13 

William,    14 

Mason,  Robert, 46 

Maule,  , 27 

May,  Edward, 48 

Maynard,  Seriant, 57 

Mayne,  Ri., 38 

Thomas 46 

Mellor,  see  Miller. 

Melsham,  John, 44 

Mensell,  William, 57 


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Page. 

Meryall,  Michael, 49 

Micheltnore,  Phillip, 33 

William,   33,  34 

Middleton,  Elizabeth, 8 

Mary, 178 

Symon, 178 

Miller,    ^  Henry, 61 

Mellor,    >■  Joane,  37 

Myller,   )  John, 37 

Robert 64 

The, 37 

Thomas, 37 

Millett,  , 60 

Milner,  Tempest, 57 

Mondey,  Frances, 48 

Moore,  }  Dorothie, 21 

More,     )  Henry,   42 

John,   10 

Thomas, 91 

Moores,  Elizabeth, 27 

Mordaunt,  Charles, 178 

Morgan,  Dorothy, 67 

Gregory,   66 

Morris,    )  John, 61 

Morrys,  J  Thomas, 6 

Morse,  Edward, 7 

Thomas, 6 

Moss,  Francis, 56 

Moy,  Steven, 46 

Moyger,  Mary, 43 

Robert, 43 

Mutchamoore,  William, 35 

Myller,  see  Miller. 

Napper,  Robert, 70 

Nash,  Alice 10 

Anthony 10 

Edward, 40 

Mary, 10 

Robert, 187 

Thomas, 40 

Nayler,  Richard, 56 

Nelson,  Thomas    61 


Page. 
Newall,  Elizabeth, 11 

Humfrey 11 

Newbery,  Humfry, 73 

Newbolder,  Fawkes, 48 

New  Comen,  Matthew, 176 

Newdegate,  Richard, 74 

Newton,  John 18,  61 

NichoUas,  W., 35 

Nicholls,  1  Christopher,   49 

Nicoll,      [^  Elles, 15 

Nicolls,     [  John, 7>  46 

NycoU,     J  Richard 7,  51 

Susan, 7 

Nicholson,  ,  185 

Nicoldes,  Susan, 46 

Nosworthie,  }  John, 28,  39 

Nosworthy,    ) 
Nycoll,  see  Nicholls. 

Oglethorpe,  John, 177 

Packwood,  Robert, 56 

Page,  Radclifife 8 

William, 8 

Parker,  Baldwin, 44 

William, 23 

Parmatice,  Trisca, 5 

Parr,  Margaret, 7 

Parratt,  John, 5 

Passe,  John,  . . . .  .^ 30 

Paultuck,  William, 20 

Paynter,    Agnes, 7 

Peacham,  Henrie 4 

Henry, 5 

Pearce  als  Hurd,  John, 48 

Pearse,  John, 48 

Peck,  John, 11 

Peele,  Richard,  45 

Peirce,  Edward, 89,  90 

Pemberton,  Francis, 60,  62 

Robert,   60,  62 

Penny,  John, 58 

Penrice,  John, 179 


INDEX  TO   ENGLISH   NOTES. 


205 


Page. 

Perry,  Alice, 9,  lo 

Christian, 9,  lo 

John, 9,  lo 

Pettiferr,    [  Elizabeth, i8 

Pettipher,  J  Thomas, .  .13,  18,  19,  20, 
48,  57,  S7,  88 

Pettus,  John,  58 

Phelps,  John, 22 

Philpe, , 67 

Phillips,       )  Edward,  49 

Phellippes,  )  Francis, 51 

Rachel 11 

Thomas, 11,  62 

Phipps,  Richard, 7 

Pickering,  188 

John, 80,  176,  177 

Pilgram,  Bennett, 6 

Pilkington,  Alice, 46 

Dorothy, 46 

Johan, 46 

John, 46 

Pindar,  William, 61 

Pinnell,  Anne, 24 

Elizabeth, 24 

Richarde, 24 

Playsted,  Daniel, 26 

Plott,  John, 63 

Plowright, , 15 

Ann, 15 

Plumridge,  Edward, 25 

Mary, 25 

Podres,  Radolphe, 49 

Pope,  Alex. , 35 

Hugh, 38 

Ric, 35 

Porsey, , 17 

Porter,  William, 60 

Potter,  Robert, 40 

Pou,  Thomas 23 

Powell,  Edward, 73 

John, 78 

Powney,  \  Sara 18 

Pownie,   i  Sarah,   89 

William,  89 


Page. 

Pragnall,  Katherine, 21 

Prattey,  George, 42 

Jane, 42 

Preston,  Ri 33 

Ric, 36 

Prince,  Faithful, 24 

Putenham,  George, 91 

Putnam,  John, 174 

Radburne,  Jane, ' 74 

William,   74 

Rament,  see  Rayment. 

Ramsdale,  Robert, 61 

Randall,  \  Mary,   22 

Rendell,  i  Richard, 34 

Ransburye,  Fabyan, 66 

Rauenscraft, , 185 

Rawlins,  James, 43 

Rayment,  |  John, 52 

Rament,     ) 

Reade,  Thos., , 11 

Hussy  als,  Agnes, 8 

Reeve,     |  Maud, 9,  10 

Reeves,    ' 

Reggat,  John, 70 

Rendell,  see  Randall. 
Renell,  see  Reynolds. 

Rennye,  Tobye, 9 

Repington,  William, 23,  24 

Reynolds,  ^, , 16 

Renell,        |-  Tobyas, 71 

Reynell,     )  William, 30 

Richardes, , 6 

Margery, 6 

Richardson,  John, 21 

Thomas, 21 

Richen,  Robert, 21 

Ridgelaie,  George, 47 

Ridley,  I. , 25 

Riiy,      >)   , 45 

Ryley,    1    Jone, 12,  92 

Rylie,     [   Thomas, 12,  92 

Rylye,  J 

als  Eales,  Joane, 13 


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INDEX  TO   ENGLISH  NOTES. 


Page. 

Rivers,  Edith, 14 

William,   14 

Robardes,  John, 5 

Robins,  Humfrey, 45,  46 

Marger}', 45 

Robinson,  Henry, 68,  69 

Rogers, , 54,  182 

William, 16 

Rop,  John, 46 

Rowe,  Any, 11 

John,   20 

Will 33 

William,    16 

Rowland,  Margerie, 8 

Rugbie,  Elizabeth, 19 

Ruggett,  John, 70 

Russe,  Anne, 9 

Garthrid, 9 

Gartred, 10 

James, g 

Joane, 9 

Richard, 9 

Thomas, 9 

Ryley, 

Rylie,   ^  see  Rily 

Rylye, 


Sadler,  John 62 

Salter,  Thomas 35 

Saltonstall,  Richard, 54 

Sampson,  Nathaniell, 76,  77,  78 

Nicholas, 36 

Ric, 36 

Sanderson,  John, 173 

Sanger,  )  William 25,  48 

Songer,  ) 

Saunders,  Johane, 24 

Mary, 24 

Richard, 24 

Savadge,  )  James, 182 

Savage,     )  Richard, 46 

Sayer,  Edward,  91 

John, 91 


Scarlett,  John, 63 

Scobell,  Angell, 30 

Margaret, 30 

Scott,  William, 53,  55 

Scotton,  Edward, 89 

Scudamore,  Henr., 49 

Samuell , 20 

Scale,  Anne, : 18 

John, 88 

Searancke,  Thomas, 40 

Searle,  William, 16 

Searnige,  Thomas 5 

Seaward,  Thomas, 12 

Sellwood,  Edmond, 3 

Shaleswed,  William, 45 

Shapleigh,  }  John, 85,  86 

Shapley,      ^  Robert, 86 

Shayler,  John, 43 

Shere, , 67 

Sherwood,  Richard, 63 

Shilling,   Andrew, 7 

Shrawley,  Thomas, 46 

Sibley,  Thomas, 52 

Sidenham,  Richard, 54 

Signall,  Thomas, 189,  190 

Silbye,  Anne, 42 

Rafe, 42 

Silvester,  Richard, 180,  181 

Simes,  }  John 47,  177 

Syms,    ) 

Skitt,  Guil, 33 

Skreetch,  John, 33 

Slade,  Moses, 62,  63 

Smart, , 14 

Smerdon,  Anne, 37,  71 

Mary, 37 

Richard,   38 

Robert, 37,  38,  71 

Smith,    I  Ann, 9 

Smyth,  f  Edward,    178 

Elizabeth, 19 

John,  180,  181 

Josias,    53 

Martha, 25 


INDEX  TO   ENGLISH  NOTES. 


207 


Smith,  Mary, i6 

Emithens,  Ann, 21 

Snell,  Agnes, 20 

Somerscales,  Henry 22 

Sommersly,  Thomas, 43 

Sondon,  Moore, 22 

Sone,  Mary 59,  60 

Samuel, 60 

Songer,  see  Sanger. 

Soper,  John,    58 

South,  Thomas 18 

Sparrow,  John, 53,  55 

Sprigg,  Henry,   15 

Spurstow,  William, 174,  176 

Squyre,  William 49 

Staffe,  Susan, 40 

Stake,  Geo., 37 

Stallock,  Henry,    47 

Stampe,  Giles, 24 

Gyles, 25 

Mary, 24 

Richard 24 

Standen,  1 

Standon,  \  John, 32,   177 

Staplehill,  Richard, 32 

Stapleton,  Richard, 47 

Staughton,  , 182 

Stedam,  Richard, 36 

Steele,  William, 53,  55 

Steery,    }  Frances,   56 

Sterry,    f  Peter, 54,  55,  56 

Stevens,     }  John, 21,  27,  89,  90 

Stephens,  )  Thomas, 27,  63 

Stidson,  Rot, 37 

Stiflfe,  Ann 82,  83 

Thomas 82,  83 

Stiles,  Ezra 182,  1S3 

Stoker,  Edward, 10,  11 

Stone,   Robert, 63 

Strangcombe,  Paschaw, 37 

Street,  John, 5 

Stretton,  Thomas, 24 

Strode,      )  Richard, 13,  33 

Strowde,  > 


Page. 

Stukyn,  Richard 49 

Sulfield,   Henrie, 23 

Sumpter,  Edmond, 68 

Edward,    g 

Nicholas,    68 

Thomas, 61 

Sutton,  Richard 13 

Swane,  Ralph,    25 

Sweete,  Hugh,    37 

Swift,  Thomas, 13 

Syler,  John,  14 

Symons,     ) , 10 

Symonds,  )  Jane,   31 

John, I,  31,  32 

Thomas,    36 

William,   8 

Syms,  see  Simes. 

Tape,  Mary, 38 

Tapper,  John, 38 

Taylor,  [  Elizabeth, 83 

Tailor,    i  John, 89 

Margaret,   7 

Silvanus, 53 

Sylvanus,   55 

Walter, 83,  84 

Tamworth,  John,   177 

Tetchburn,  Richard, 178 

Thackam,  William 8 

Thacher,   [  Peter, 9,  10 

Thacker,  ) 

Thatcher,  Francis, 25 

Lucie,    14 

Lucy 14 

Richard 25 

Theobaldes,  Tybballs  als,  John, .   50 

Tibbies,  Roger, 46 

Tybballs,  als  Theobaldes,  John, .   50 

Tidball,  Samuel 33 

Tilgharan , 19 

Tilghman,  William, 89 

Tobie,  John, 21 

Tomkins,  John, 45 

Richard, 45 


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INDEX  TO   ENGI^ISH   NOTES. 


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Toope,  Thomas, i 

Toovey,  Sarah,   21 

William 22 

Towne,  Bradley  als,  Joane, 16 

Townsend,  John, 18 

Tracye,  Henry, 36 

Joane,    36 

Tamsyn, 37 

Thomas, 36,  37 

Walter, 36 

Treavor,  ,  54 

Treswell,  Hugh, 22 

Tribe,   William, 12 

Trist,     ^  Joan, 37 

Tryste,  >■  John,    37 

Trust,    ) 

Trone,  Samuel, 68,  69 

Trotman,  Samuel, 179 

Trott,  Thomas, 179 

Truman,  Emma, 7 

Trumbull,  , 183 

Trust,  see  Trist. 
Tryste,  "   .   " 

Tubball,  Samuel, 79 

Tucker,  Alexander, 9 

Jane, 58 

John, 58 

Turgis,  Mary, 10 

Thomas, 10 

Turner,  Francis, 7 

Mihell, 7 

Thomas, 25 

Tybballs,  see  Tibbies. 

Tyler,  John, 22 

William, 40 

Tyndall,  John, 49 

Twitchell,  Alice, 15 

Unckle,  William, 11 

Underhall,  Edward, 74 

Van  Hargo,  Daniel, 5,  6 

Vanlore,  Peter, 72,  73 


Vartla,  John, 40 

Vickres,  Thomas, 9 

Vogwill,  Jane,  39 

Wilmote, 39 

Voysey,  John, 32 

Wade,   Hugh, 32,  33 

Waker,  see  Walker. 

Waldens,  Mary, . . .  51 

Walker,  [  John 10,  17 

Waker,    )  Ric, 10 

Thomas, 174,  176 

William,   56 

Wall,    }  Moses,   56 

Walls,  \  William,   10 

Walleis,  Francis, 6 

Walrond,  Thomas, 53 

Walter,  Joane, 10 

John, 10 

William,   10 

Ward,  Dabridgecourt, 52 

George, 51,  52 

Johes, 53 

John, 51,  52 

Waringe,  Robert,  16 

Warren,  Isaac, 59 

Washer,  Richard,  6 

Watersfeild,  John,   10 

Mary, 10 

Robert, 10 

Waterworth,  Stephen, 59 

Wattkins,  Giles, 39 

Wattson,  Alee, 8 

Wayte,  W.,    6,  40 

William, 6 

Weaver,  Elizabeth, 11 

Walter, 11 

Web,      ^  Francis, 8 

Webb,    [■  Matthias, 9 

Webbe,  )  Richard, 89,  90 

Sara, 2 

Weekes,  Mary,   6 

Welden,  Owen,  61 


INDEX  TO   ENGLISH   NOTES. 


309 


Page. 

Wellso,  John, 46 

Weson,  Ann,   20 

Westley,  Robert, 48 

Weston,  Isaac, 175 

Jone, 175 

Mary, 175 

Wetherall,  see  Witherell. 

Wetherheade,  John, 6 

Wheatley,  Robert,  49 

Wheeler,  [  Ann, 25,  36 

Wheler,    i  Edmund,   25 

Joan, 25 

John, 68,  69 

Whills,  John, 10 

White,  \  Anne, 40 

Whit,     [•  Henry, 40 

Whitt,   )  John, 15,  16 

Mary,  26 

Richard 16 

Stephen, 54,  55,  57 

Whitehand,  Elizabeth, 62 

John, 62 

Whiteway,    }_  Christopher, 30 

Whitewaye,  i  Hy., 30 

Whitfield,  Phillip,   20 

Whitton,  Robert, 27 

Wickens,  Ann, 48 

Betty, 48 

John, 48 

Mary, 48 

Thomas, 48 

Wicker,  John, 36 

Mary, 4 

Wifold,  see  Wyfold. 

Wilcocks,  Robert, 72 

Wilkes,  Raphe, 8 

Wilkins,  John, 23 

Thomas, 45 

Williams,  Richard, 10,  11 

Willikes,  Raphe, 8 

Willis,  William, 47 

Willmott,  William 63,  64 

Wilton,  , 16 


Page. 

Winch,   [  Cestion, 8 

Wynch,  )  Jonas, 51 

Wing,    I  Peter,   63 

Winge,  )  William, 20 

Wingfeild,  John, 73 

Winter,  Thomas, 173 

Winthrop,  John, 180,  182 

Witherell,   }  Christopher, 11 

Wetherall,  ')  Joan, 11 

John, 6 

Wyegate,  Edward,  177 

Wytnall,   }  als  Eales,  Elizabeth, .   21 
Witnall,    )  Joane,   ....   21 

Mary, 21 

Thomas,  . .   21 

Willi, 28 

als  Eles,     Ann, 27 

Anne, 27 

Elizabeth, .  27 

Sara,   27 

Thomas,  .  .   27 

als  Ellis,    John, 20 

Levy, 20 

Margaret,  .   20 
Margery, .  .   20 

Wollaston,  John, 54 

WoUer,  Ann,   7 

Wood,  Edward, 77 

James, 179 

Jonas 22 

Woodward,  Thomas,  51 

Woolsey,  Elizabeth, 21 

Richard, 21 

Woolston,  Christopher, 16 

Wootton,  see  Wotton. 

Worman,  John, 44 

Worth,  Symon, .   20 

Wotters,  Richard,   55,  57 

Wotton,     }  Christian, 31,  32 

Wootton,  i  Joane, 37 

Johane, 31 

Richard, i,  81 

William, 31,  32,  37 


210 


INDEX  TO   ENGLISH  NOTES. 


Page. 

Wray,  William, 6i 

Wrench,  Elizabeth,  7 

Wright,  Francis, 8 

Wyatt,  John, 11 

William,    10 

Wyfold,  I  Thomas, 83 

Wifold,   )  William, 83 

Wynch,  see  Winch. 

Wynwood,  Margaret, 11 

Wyse,  John 61 

Wytnall,  seeWitnall. 

Yate,  PhilHpp, 14 


-  see  Eells. 


Page. 
Yeales, 
Yealls, 
Yeeles, 
Yeels, 
Yeles, 
Yelles, 

York,      ^  Margarett,   11 

Yorcke,  |-  Richard, 11 

Yorke,    ;  Thomas,  48 

Younge,  }  Chr., 15 

Yong,       i  John, 66 

Richard, 15 

Thos., 176 


INDEX  TO  AMERICAN  NOTES. 

Tlie  word  in  parenthesis   is  the  maiden  name  and  that    in   italics  the 
married  name  of  the  female. 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Abbott,  Paul, 171 

William  E.,   162,   167,  168, 

171,  172 

Addington,   Isaac, 118 

Allen,  \  Edward, 130 

Allin,   )  Gidion,    129 

Richard, 98,  loi 

Thomas, ...  98,  99,  100,  loi 

Ailing,  John, 125 

Andrews,  Elon, 165 

Samuel,  121 

Thomas, 106 

Arnold,  Elizabeth  .5ai?i?wa«,  1 10 

Askew,  Egeon,  174 

Bacon,  Hannah  Cande, . . .   164 

Baldwin,  Ann, 131 

Caleb, 131 

Filenah, 131 

Freelove, 132 

Hiall, 131 

Jared, 131 

Joel, 131,  132 

Mercy, 131 

Peleg, 131,  133 

Phineas, 132 

Rebecca 131,  132 

1676  Rebecca  (Wilkinson), 

119.  131 

Samuel, 131 

Susanna, 132 

Sybil 131 

Thadeus 131 

Theophilus, 155 

Timothy, 107,  136 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Barnard, , 182 

Barnot,  David, 187 

Barrat,  , 189 

Barrell,   Lydia, 139 

Barstow,  John, 144 

— —  Lydia, 144 

Bates,  Caleb, 115,  118 

Joseph,   115,118 

Bateman,  Hannah  (  ),   109 

John, 109,  1 10 

Joseph, 1 10 

Sarah  North,  Eells,  102,  109, 

145 

William,   no 

Baxter,  Nicholas, 106 

Bayard,  William, 170 

Beard,  Anna  Eells, 134 

John, 108 

Belcher,  Jonathan, 139 

Bennett,  James, 188 

Bishop, , 108 

James,   104 

Stephen,  124 

Blaygrove,  Nathaniel,  ....   113 

Blinde,  Nan, 188 

Borland,  John, 113 

Boylston,  , 167 

Bramhall,  George,  118,  119,  145 

Briggs,  George, no 

Brinsmaid,    Abigail    Com- 

stock, 134 

Briscoe, , 106 

Samuel, 131 

Britton,  , 181 

Browne,  Rolph, 177 


212 


INDEX  TO   AMERICAN  NOTES. 


Year  of 
Birth. 

Bryan,  Alexander, io6 

Jerusha  Salter, 130 

Martha  (Whiting),  119,  124, 

129,  130 
Richard, 106 

Samuel,  117,  120,  128,  129, 

130 

Bryant,  John, 139 

Lemuel, 142 

Bulkley,  John, 139 

Patience,  Lord  Eells, .   153 

Bull,  Benedict, 130 

Henry,   184,  185,  186 

Burr,  John, 108 

Peter, 124 

Burrill,  Samuel, 108 

Burwell,  Deborah  Eells, . . 

133.  134 

Deborah  (          ), .  .  133,  134 

Hannah  (  ), 134 

John, 134 

Martha, 133 

Mary, 133,  134 

Samuel, 133,  134 

Sarah, 133 

Calamy,  Edmd, 176 

Callender,  John, 180,  182 

Camp,  John, 129 

Nicholas, 103 

Campfield,  Thomas, 105 

Cande,  Augustus, 164,  165 

Hannah  (Bacon), 164 

1786  Isaac, 165 

1749  John, 161,  164,  165 

John,  Jr., 164 

1745-6  Mary  (Eells), 165 

1789  Polly  Andrews, 165 

Samuel, 164 

Theophilus, 164 

1783  William, 165 

Cater,  Walter, 178 

Chandler,  John, 109 


Year  of 
Birth. 


Page. 

Checkley,  Samuel, 113 

Christophers,  Richard,  ...    124 
Church,  Benjamin, ....  107,  108 

Clap, , 143 

Thomas, 140,  143 

Clark,    \ 103 

Clarke,  S  Thomas,   ....  136,  137 
Clotworthy,  William,  ....    178 

Coflfin,  Ebenezer, 113 

Cole,  Phillip, 98,  99 

Collamer,  Peter,  139 

Collins,  Abigail 129 

Daniel, 129 

Edward, 128,  129 

"         129 

John, 129 

Martha, 129 

(  ). 129 

Nathaniel, 129 

Ruth,   131 

Samitel,  129 

Sybil  Whiting, 128 

Comstock,  Abigail  Eells,  .    134 
Abigail  (Brinsmaid),  .  .    134 

Abijah, 134 

Hannah, 134 

Martha, 134 

Moses,   134 

Phebe,   134 

Sarah, 134 

Cook,  Alice  White, 155 

Cornill,  Thomas, 184 

Cotton, , 181,  182 

■  Couch,  Elizabeth, 143,  144 

Mary, 143 

Samuel, 107,  120,  143 

-  Cowland,  Ralph, 184 

-  Crippeu,  Edward, no,  in 

-  Cromwell,  Oliver, 98 

-  Cushing,  , 146 

Ann, 151 

Anna  (  ), 150 

Daniel, 1 15,  119 


INDEX  TO   AMERICAN   NOTES. 


211 


Year  of 
Birth. 

Gushing,  Hannah, 152 

John, .  .  .  .139,  146,  149,  152 

"       Jr., 148 

Joseph, 144,  148 

"      Jr.,  146, 148, 149, 152 

Mary, 152 

"       Jr.,  152 

Mercy  Eells, 153 

Nathaniel, 150 

1721  Damon,     Anna     Lenthall, 

(Eells), 149,  151 

Zachariah,  Jr., ...  .  149,  154 

Darrell,    Mary    (Goodwill) 

Helyer, 153 

Daye,  William, 177 

Deane, , 154 

Samuel, 141 

Denband,  Alfride, 177 

Downes, , 188 

Dudle}^,  Thomas, 182 

— —  Dummer,  Jeremiah, 139 

Dyer,  \  William, 186,  187 

Dyre,  S 

Earle,  Ralph, 107 

Eayres,  Thomas, 190 

Ebblewhite,  E.  A., 174 

Edwards,  Daniel, 166 

Eells,  Abiah, 151 

Abigail  (Comstock),  .  .    134 

1713-14    Allice  (White),  ...157,  158, 

159,  161 
1696  Anna  Wilder,  117,  137,  138 

"      (lyenthall), 109 

1 72 1  "     'Li^n'thaXi  Damon, 

148,  150,  154 

1782  Clarissa, 168 

1751  Daniel, 161 

1757  "  157,  15S,  162,  166,  168, 

169,  170,  171 

1797  "       172 

1799  "       172 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Eells,  Deborah  (Burwell), .    134 

Edward, 153,  158,  162 

1712-13  "     141,    148,    149,    150, 

151,  152,  153 

Elizabeth, 144 

1693  "  Stowell,  . .  .117, 

137,  138 

1699    Esther, 133 

1665       "   (Oviatt), 128 

1790  Fanny  Johnson, 171 

Frances, 144 

1694  "         117,  137,  138 

1669  "      '  (Oviatt),  .116,  117, 

135,  136,  137, 
138 

Hannah 151 

1714  "  153 

"  (North),  117,  119, 

143,  145,  146,  147, 
148,  149,   150,  152 

"  North, 151 

1789  Horace, 168 

1778          YL^A^i^\l  Richardson,. .   167 
1750-51  "       (White), 167 

John,  ....95,  96,  97,  98,  99, 

100,  loi,  102 

"     Jr., 97,  98,  102 

16 —  "  iig,    120,   135,  136, 

137,  138 

1665  "      119 

1703  "     127,  132,  133,  134 

1708-9  "     148,  150,  151,  153 

1794  Ivucretia, 172 

1743  M.dir'CixQ,  Spencer,  ..161,  162 

1761  "       (Hamlin),  .170,  171 

1712  "       (Stow), 154 

"  (Whiting)  ^rjaw, 

117,  124,  128,  129, 
130,  131,  155 

1670  Mary, 119 

1716  "    Williams,  148,  150,  154 

1745-6        "    Cande, 157,  158, 

161,  164 


214 


INDEX  TO   AMERICAN  NOTES. 


Year  of 
Birth. 

1801  Eells,  Mary  Miller,  172 

1792  Nancy  Simmons, 171 

1677  Nathaniel,       102,  117,  119, 

120,  137,  138,  139, 
140,  141,  142,  I43> 
144,  145,  146,  147, 

148,  149,  150,  152 

1705  "         127,  132,  133.  134, 

154,  155,  156,  157, 

158,  159,  161 
1710-11  "         140,  148,  149,  150, 

151,  152,  153 
1748  "         157,  158,  159,  161, 

166,  167,  169 

1776  "  167 

1718  North,  .  .148,  149,  150,  151, 

152,  154 

i68o  Patience, 120 

1787  Fatty  Addoll, 171 

1676  Rebecca    (Wilkinson) 

Baldwin, 131 

1779    Richard, 167 

1672     Robert, 120 

1675       "   120 

1785       " 171 

"       Lenthall, 150 

1640  Samuel,     95,  102,  103,  104, 

105,  106,  107,  108, 
109,  no.  III,  112, 
113,  114,  115,  116, 
117,  118,  119,  120, 

128,  138,  144,  145, 

173,  185,  190 
1664  "         119 

1666  "  116,   117,   Ilg,   120, 

121,  122,  123,  124, 
125,   126,    127,   128, 

129,  130,  131,  132, 
133.    144,     154,   155 

1698  "  127,    132,    133,    134 

1706-7  "  148,     150,    151,   153 

1705  Sarah  Turner, ....  150,  152 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Eells,  Sarah  (Bateman), 

North,  no,  in,  115, 

116,  117,  118,  119, 

138,  145,  146 

1785  Susanna  Loss, 168 

1783  Sylvester,   168 

1754          Theodosia, .  .  .157,  158,  162 
1783  William 171 

"  Witherell,  .  .  .150 

Elton,  Romeo 182 

Emmott,  Byran, 173 

Ewre,  Edward, 179 

Francis, 179 

Fearing,  John, 118 

Fisk,  Bezaleel,   159,  161 

Fleetwood,  William 176 

Ford,  Edward, 178 

John, 178 

Thomas, 177,  178 

Foster,  Hatherly, 140 

Fountaine,  Thomas, 179 

Fowler,  John, 134 

Susannah,    134 

"  (Burwell),  ..134 

Fox,  , 1 20 

Mary, 1 20 

Franklin,  Benjamin, 143 

Gardiner,  John, 175,  177 

Garnsey,  Joseph, 122 

Gay,  Ebenezer, 137 

Gilburne,  Henry, 179 

Gillets,  Jonathan, 96 

Godfrey,  John, 179 

Gold,  Daniel, 185 

Jeremiah, 186 

Jeremy, 185 

John, 185 

Goldston,  Richard, 188 

Goodrich,  Emily  Langdon 

Eells, 172 


INDEX  TO   AMERICAN  NOTES. 


215 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Goodwill,     Mary    Helyer 

Darrell,    153 

Goodwin, , 124 

Grace,  Thomas, 173 

Gregson,  Phebe  Whiting, .  .124 

Grenwaye,  , 96 

Grey,  Robert, 178 

Grove,  Lewis, 98,  99 

Growe,  Lewes, 99 

Hall, , 134 

Mary  Moss  Eells, '.168 

Nathaniel, 118 

Samuel, 170 

Hamlin,  John, 124 

Lucretia  fRauney), .  ...  169 

1761  M.a.rih.ai  Eells, 162,  169 

Nathaniel, 169 

Hampden.  John, 174,  175 

Harrison,  Samuel, 123 

Hatch,  Ebenezer, 150 

Rebecca  Kilborn^^//5,  171 

Sarah  (  ), 150 

Haughton,  Robert, 1 1 1 

Hawes, , 1S8 

Hawkins,  , 97 

Helyer    Mary    (Goodwill) 

Darrell  Eells, 153 

Henchman,  Joseph, .  . .  137,  144 

Hewit,  ]  ■ •, Ill 

Huett,  S  Thomas, in 

Hill,  , 95,  96,  97 

Hobart,  Israel, 139 

Nathaniel, 137 

Holman,  Via.che\  Batentan,  no 

Horseman,  Abraham,   177 

Hosmer,  Stephen, 139 

How,  Joseph, no 

Hubbard,  , 180 

Huett,  see  Hewit. 

Hutchinson,  , 181 

lies,  John, 95 

Irons,  John 106 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Jacob,    )  Joseph, 146 

Jacobs,  )  Joshua,  .146,  149,  152 

Jewet,  Nehemiah,    1x3 

Johnson,  , ....  96,  97,  98 

Ebenezer,   123 

Samuel  E 171 

Jones,     \ , 108,  151 

Joanes,  S  Isaac,   no 

Mary  Bateman, no 

William,   179 

Keayne,  Robert, 182 

King,   , 139 

Kirby,  EHsha, 163 

— —  Giles,  163 

Kitely,  , 188 

Andrew, 188 

Knowles,  Huldah  White, .  .  166 

Lake,  Arthur,  178 

Lane,  Edward, 174 

Langdon,  Edward,  .98,  100,  loi 

Langworthy,  Richard, 177 

Laughton,  , ....  188,  190 

Thomas,  .185,  186,  187,  190 

Law,  Jonathan, 106 

Lawson,  Roger, 113 

Lazell,  Stephen, 137 

Leavitt,  Josiah, 112 

Lechford,  Thomas,  98,  180,  182, 

183 

Lechlade,  William, 177 

Lenthall,     ^Adrian,  ..175,  177 

Leynthall,  )  Adryau, 188 

Anna  Eells, 102,  103 

Anne, 186,  190 

Cicely  (  ), 187 

Edmond, 178 

Elizabeth, 173 

Jane, 174,  177 

John 177,  178,  179 

Margaret  (  ),  188,  190 


216 


INDEX  TO  AMERICAN  NOTES. 


Year  of 
Birth. 

Lenthall,  Marrian, ....  189,  190 

Nan,    189,  190 

Richard, 177 

Robert,  .173,   174,  175,  176, 

179,  180,  181,   182,   183, 

184,   185,   186,  187,  188, 

190 

Sarah, 175,  176,  177 

Susanna, 175,  176 

Thomas, 177,  179 

William, 177,  178 

Leonard,  Fanny  Eells, ....    165 

Lincoln,  Benjamin,  114,115,118 

Jeremiah, 118 

Samuel, 114,  115 

I/ipscomb,  George, 173 

lyobdell,  Ebenezer, 134 

Joshua, 134 

"       Jr-. 134 

Mary, 134 

Samuel, 134 

Susannah, 134 

Lord,  Patience  (Bulkley), .    153 

Loss,  Moses, 168 

Ludlow, , 96,  97 

Lynde,  Benjamin, 113 


Male, 


188 


Mansfield,  Moses, 108 

Marke,  John, 98,  100,  loi 

Marshal,    \ ,....103,  130 

Marshall,  S  Steph, 176 

Martyn,  Henry, 178 

Mather, , 97 

Mayo,  John 114 

Merwin,  Milles, 136 

Middleton,  Mary, 178 

Symon, 17S 

Miles,  Catharine, 132 

Stephen, 134 

Miller,  Edwin, 172 

Minot,  George, 96 

Mitchell,  Jonathan, 129 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Mordaunt,  Charles, 178 

Morgan,  Joseph,  Jr., 164 

Titus, 164 

Mould,  Esther  Stow, 154 

Munson,  Tho., 108 

Nash,  Robert, 187 

Nettleton,  Samuel, 120 

New  Comen,  Matthew,  ...   176 

Newell,  William, 129 

Newton,  Asenath  Eells,  . .    168 

Roger, 123,  132 

Samuel, 120 

Nicholson,  , 185 

North,  Edward, 109,  no, 

"3.  145 

Hannah  Eells, ....  120,  145 

Paul, 145 

Sarah  (Bateman)^^//.s,  102, 

109,  no.  III,  113,  145 

Noyes,  James, 109 

Oglethorpe,  John 177 

Oviatt,  Esther, iig,  128 

1669  Frances  Eells,  ....  119,  135 

Frances  (  ), .  .  .  128,  135 

Thomas,  ........  128,  135 

Palmer,  Bezaleel, 150 

Sarah  (Eells) 150 

Parkeman,  Elias, 96 

Patten,  Nathaniel, 97 

Peck,  Joseph, 120 

Penrice,  John,  179 

Perit,       )  Peter, 133,  155 

Perritt,   ) 

Perry,     ]  Ann, 107 

Perrey,  )  William, 140 

Phillips,  John,  Jr., 113 

Pickering,     ) ,   188 

Pickeringe,  \  John, . . .  .176,  177 

Pitkin,  Elizabeth  (Whiting),  125 

Martha  Eells 153 


INDEX  TO   AMERICAN   NOTES. 


217 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Pitkin,  Nathaniel, 124,  125 

Ozias, 1 24 

William, 124 

Pond,  Nathan,  G., 128 

Nathan,  G.,  Mrs., 129 

Peter,  133 

Powning, , 130 

Daniel 130 

Prince,  John,  no 

Pritchard,  Joseph 130 

Putnam,  John 174 

Quincy,  Edmund, 139 

Randall,  Job,  139 

Ranney,  }  Jeremiah, 156 

Rany,       )  Lucretia  Hamlin, 

169 

Nathaniel, 155 

Rauenscraft,  , 185 

Richardson,  , 167 

Riley,  Nathaniel, 155 

Rogers,  ,  182 

Rouse,  William,   113 

Ruggles,  John, 149,  152 

Russell,  — ; 107 

Sage,  Samuel, 166 

Salter,  , 130 

Mary,  130 

William, 130 

Samford,  Samuel 135 

Sanderson,  John, 173 

Sanford,  Thomas, 103 

Savage,  Ebenezer, 156 

■  James, 182 

John 156 

Nancy  Eells, 171 

Shepard,  Jared, 168,  169 

- — -  John, 155 

Sherman,  Daniel, 108 

Shippen,  Edward, 106 

Signall,  Thomas, 189,  190 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Silvester,  Mary, 144 

Richard, 180,  181 

Zebulon, 144 

Simmons,  Tillinghast, 171 

Smith,   \  Edward, 178 

Smyth,  S  Elizabeth,  131 

John, 1 10,  180,  iSi 

Rebecca  Wilkinson,  . . .  131 

1779  Spencer,  Betsey  Kirby, . . .  .163 

Elizabeth  (Taylor), 162 

1774  Hannah  Stoiv, 163 

John, 162 

1777  Lucy, 163 

1782  ' '      Kirby, 163 

1772  Martha  Williams, 163 

1743  "       (Eells),  ...158,  163 

1784  Mary  Morgan, 164 

1787  Sally  Morgan, 164 

1744  Samuel,.  .158,  161,  162,  163 

Spurstow,  William,  ...174,  176 

Standen,  John, 177 

Staniford,  John, 144,  145 

Staughton,  , 182 

Stetson,  , 139 

Stiles,  Ezra, 182,  183 

Stockbridge,  Samuel, 146 

Stow,  Esther  (Mould), 154 

Freelove  (Baldwin), ....  131 

1712  Martha  Eells, 134,  154 

Samuel, 154 

Stephen, 127,  155 

Zebulon,  Jr. , 163 

Stowell,  John, 138 

Stream,  , 103 

Syms,  John, 177 

Talcott,  John 128 

Matthew,   168,  169 

Tamwoth,  John, 177 

Taylor,  Elizabeth  Spencer, .  162 

Terrill,  — , 106 

Tetchburn,  Richard, 178 

Thaxter,  Samuel, 115,  119 


218 


INDEX  TO  AMERICAN  NOTES. 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page 

Tilden,  Ruth  Eells, 154 

Torrey,  Caleb, 137,  144 

James 139,  140 

Treat,  Edmund, 131 

Jane, 131 

Robert, 131 

Trotman,  Samuel, 179 

Trott,  Thomas,  179 

Trumbull,  , 183 

Turner,  Benjamin 152 

Charles, 146 

David, 143 

"       Jr., 149 

Elisha, 144 

Joseph, 139 

Joshua, 144 

1705  Sarah  (Eells), 148,  151 

Vetch,  Samuel, 113 

Wadsworth,  James,  .  .  .168,  169 

Walker,  Thomas, 174,  176 

Waterman,  Abiah  Eells, ...  153 

Welch,  Thomas, 103 

Weston,  Isaac, 175 

Jone, 175 

Mary, 175 

White,  Alice  (Cook),   155 

1713  Allice  Eells, 134,  155 

Daniel, 155 

Hugh, 167 

1750-51     Hiildah  Eells,  . . .  .161,  166 

"       (Knowles),  .  . .  .  166 

Moses, 158,  166 

— •  Susan  Eells, 167 

Whitefield,  George, 141 


Year  of 
Birth.  Page. 

Whiting,  , 1 25 

Elizabeth  Pitkin, 124 

John, ...  .124,  125,  12S,  129 

"     Jr 129 

Martha  Bryan  Eells,  . 

119,  124,  128 

Phebe  (Gregson), 124 

Sybil, 129 

"      (Collins), 129 

William, 129 

Whittlesey,  Samuel,  .  .121,  127 

Wilcox,    \  Daniel,  ....158,  161 

Willcox,  i"        "       H., 156 

Ozias, 161 

Samuel, 155 

Wilder,  Thomas, 138 

Wilkinson,  Edward,  ..131,  135 

1676  Rebecca   Baldivin, 

Eells, 119,  131 

"         (Smith), 131 

Williams,  Benjamin,  165 

Jehiel,  Jr., 163 

John, 170 

Linus,  H.,  Mrs., 156 

1716  Mary  (Eells), 149,  151 

Seth, 154 

"      Jr-, 149 

Witherell,  Hannah  Eells,  .  .  153 

Winter,  Thomas, 173 

Winthrop,  John, 180,  182 

Wood,  James, 179 

Woods,  Richard, iii 

Wyegate,  Edward, 177 

Young,  Thos., 176 


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